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Meaning of OSCILLOGRAPH

Pronunciation:  u'silu`graf

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating voltages or currents
 

OSCILLOGRAPH is a 12 letter word that starts with O.

 

 See Also: recorder, recording equipment, recording machine

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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