OSCILLOGRAPH


Meaning of OSCILLOGRAPH in English

-raf, -rȧf noun

Etymology: French oscillographe, from oscillo- (from Latin oscillare ) + -graphe -graph

: an instrument that produces in the form of a continuous curve a permanent record (as a graph or a photograph) of periodic or irregular variations in an electrical quantity (as voltage) and often indirectly in some related quantity (as sound pressure) by means of a moving element (as a galvanometer needle or a vibrating beam of cathode rays) — compare oscilloscope

• os·cil·lo·graph·ic  ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|grafik adjective

• os·cil·lo·graph·i·cal·ly -fə̇k(ə)lē adverb

• os·cil·log·ra·phy ˌäsəˈlägrəfē noun -es

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.