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əˌskoʊp noun Electricity.
a device that uses a cathode-ray tube or similar instrument to depict on a screen periodic changes in an electric quantity, as voltage or current.
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os·cil·lo·scop·i·cal·ly, adverb
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| an instrument for producing a representation of a quantity that rapidly changes with time on the screen of a cathode-ray tube. The changes are converted into electric signals, which are applied to plates in the cathode-ray tube. Changes in the magnitude of the potential across the plates deflect the electron beam and thus produce a trace on the screen | |
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Word Origin & History
oscilloscope
1915, "instrument for visually recording an electrical wave," a hybrid formed from L. oscillare "to swing" (see oscillation) + Gk. -skopion, from skopein "to look at, examine."
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Medical Dictionary
oscilloscope os·cil·lo·scope (ə-sĭl'ə-skōp')
n.
An electronic instrument that produces an instantaneous trace on the screen that corresponds to oscillations of voltage and current.
os·cil'lo·scop'ic (-skŏp'ĭk) adj.
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Science Dictionary
| oscilloscope (ə-sĭl'ə-skōp') Pronunciation Key
An electronic instrument used to observe and measure changing electrical signals. The amplitude of the signal as it varies with time is displayed graphically on a screen as a line stretching from left to right, with displacements up and down indicating the amplitude of the signal. Oscilloscopes are used to diagnose problems in electronic signal-processing devises, such as computers or stereos, and to monitor electrical activity in the body, such as that of heartbeats. |
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Example sentences
One of the two privates on duty looks at the radar oscilloscope and can't believe his eyes.
We normally measure the power of each beam with a photodiode that is read out by a high-speed oscilloscope.
The results were displayed as a wave on the oscilloscope.
Oscilloscope traces of the output waveforms with all critical faults that would affect the output characteristics.
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