Oscillography
[uh-sil-uh-graf, -grahf] /əˈsɪl əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf/
noun, Electricity.
1.
a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
/ɒˈsɪləˌɡrɑːf; -ˌɡræf/
noun
1.
a device for producing a graphical record of the variation of an oscillating quantity, such as an electric current
oscillograph os·cil·lo·graph (ə-sĭl’ə-grāf’)
n.
A device that records oscillations, as of an electric current and voltage.
os·cil’lo·graph’ic adj.
os’cil·log’ra·phy (ŏs’ə-lŏg’rə-fē) n.
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