oscillograph

American  

[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.

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oscillograph British  

/ ɒˌsɪləˈɡræfɪk, ˌɒsɪˈlɒɡrəfɪ, ɒˈsɪləˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf /

noun

1. a device for producing a graphical record of the variation of an oscillating quantity, such as an electric current

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Other Word Forms

• oscillography
  noun
• oscillographic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of oscillograph

First recorded in 1870–75; oscill(ate) + -o- + -graph

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

oscillograph

This clicking, recorded on magnetic tape and analyzed with an oscillograph, proved to be short bursts of sound about 400 to the second, with only a few waves in each burst.

From Time Magazine Archive

Heart of the robot system is an ordinary cathode-ray oscillograph, an electronic device which, when voice modulations are converted into electrical impulses as in a telephone, makes a jagged up-and-down record of them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each inaudible peep from a defrosted bat made a measurable pattern of light on the oscillograph screen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Haematometharmozograph is a ten-dollar name for a simple two-hundred dollar contrivance made from an electric light bulb, a photoelectric cell and an oscillograph.

From Time Magazine Archive

When a current is to be measured by the oscillograph, it is passed through the turn of wire in the magnetic field.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Miller, Kempster