oscillograph

os·cil·lo·graph

an instrument for displaying or recording in the form of a curve the instantaneous values of rapidly varying electrical quantities

Origin of oscillograph

from Classical Latin oscillare, to swing + -graph

oscillograph

noun

A device that records oscillations, as of an electric current and voltage.

Origin of oscillograph

oscill(ation) -graph

Related Forms:

os·cil′lo·graph′ic
adjective

os·cil′lo·graph′i·cal·ly
adverb

os′cil·log′ra·phy
noun

oscillograph

Noun

(plural oscillographs)

An instrument for measuring alternating or varying electric current in terms of current and voltage.

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

An instrument for exhibiting optically or graphically these variations is called an oscillograph, or sometimes an ondograph.
Hospitalier are examples; (3) methods employing a high-frequency galvanometer or oscillograph, which originated with A.
Blondel, and are exemplified by his oscillograph and that of W.
In the Duddell oscillograph it is usual to place a pair of loops in the magnetic field, each with its own mirror, so that a pair of curves can be delineated at the same time, and if there is any difference in phase between them, it will be detected.
In one form of Blondel's oscillograph, the vibrating system is a small magnetic needle carrying a mirror, but the principle on which it operates is the same as that of the instrument above described.

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