oscillogramn.
/əˈsɪləɡram/, /ɒˈsɪləɡram/, U.S. /əˈsɪləˌɡræm/ Electronics.
A record produced by an oscillograph (oscillograph n. 2a).
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oscillograph1936
1903 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 32 43 (heading) A study of the phenomenon of resonance in electric circuits by the aid of oscillograms.
1917 G. D. Shepardson Telephone Apparatus iii. 32 As illustrative of the original oscillograms Fig. 7 shows the record of the sound d in day.
1950 Ann. Reg. 1949 428 There had been brought back..more than 400 oscillograms from explosions in depths between 300 and 3,500 fathoms.
1976 Gramophone Mar. 1530/3 The accompanying oscillograms (Fig. 4) show the distortion at 40Hz for power levels of 1 and 5 watts.
1991 Appl. Linguistics 12 356 Using an oscillogram she identified and measured the pauses present in the speech of the first of the five teachers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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