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

• oscillographic adjective
• oscillography noun

Etymology

Origin of oscillograph

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

Example Sentences

So Dr. Griffin rigged a special microphone and hitched it to a cathoderay oscillograph.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

When the imitation bat sounded louder, as if it were closing in, the moth's ear responded more strongly, covering the face of the oscillograph with trains of wiggly warning lines.

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