Cymoscope

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cymoscope \Cy"mo*scope\, n. [Gr. ? wave + -scope.] (Elec.)
     Any device for detecting the presence of electric waves. The
     influence of electric waves on the resistance of a particular
     kind of electric circuit, on the magnetization of steel, on
     the polarization of an electrolytic cell, or on the electric
     condition of a vacuum has been applied in the various


     cymoscopes.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Cymose