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oscillographic

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os⋅cil⋅lo⋅graph

  [uh-sil-uh-graf, -grahf]
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–noun Electricity.
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.
Origin:
1870–75; oscill(ate) + -o- + -graph

Related forms:
os⋅cil⋅lo⋅graph⋅ic,  [uh-sil-uh-graf-ik] , adjective
os⋅cil⋅log⋅ra⋅phy  [os-uh-log-ruh-fee] , noun
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os·cil·lo·graph   (ə-sĭl'ə-grāf')   
n.  A device that records oscillations, as of an electric current and voltage.

[oscill(ation) + -graph.]
os·cil'lo·graph'ic adj., os·cil'lo·graph'i·cal·ly adv., os'cil·log'ra·phy (ŏs'ə-lŏg'rə-fē) n.
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Main Entry: os·cil·lo·graph
Pronunciation: -"graf
Function: noun
: an instrument for recording alternating current waveforms or otherelectrical oscillations —os·cil·lo·graph·ic /ä-"sil-&-'graf-ik, "äs-&-l&-/ adjective —os·cil·lo·graph·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb —os·cil·log·ra·phy /"äs-&-'läg-r&-fE/ noun plural -phies
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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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