| Pronunciation: | | u'silu`graf
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating voltages or currents |
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OSCILLOGRAPH is a 12 letter word that starts with O. |
| | See Also: | | recorder, recording equipment, recording machine |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Os"cil*lo*graph\, n. [L. oscillare to swing +
-graph.] (Elec.)
An apparatus for recording or indicating alternating-current
wave forms or other electrical oscillations, usually
consisting of a galvanometer with strong field, in which the
mass of the moving part is very small and frequency of
vibration very high. -- {Os`cil*lo*graph"ic}, a.
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