oscilloscopicadj.
/əˌsɪləˈskɒpɪk/, /ɒˌsɪləˈskɒpɪk/, U.S. /əˌsɪləˈskɑpɪk/ Of or relating to an oscilloscope.
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oscilloscopic1938
1938 Science 9 Sept. 244/1 The electric impulses received by all four plates must be in synchronism; hence a single line appears on the oscilloscopic screen.
1949 Jrnl. Appl. Physics 20 1105/1 In all of the oscilloscopic records at 200 volts there are 10 examples of the ends of transient opens.
1965 Math. in Biol. & Med. (Med. Res. Council) iv. 136 Few, if any, systematic studies have been made to assess an experimenter's information-handling capacity as applied to his ability to view oscilloscopic traces or examine film records.
1992 UNIX Today! 17 Feb. 41/1 You can easily find HP oscilloscopic diagnostic machines sporting Smalltalk embedded applications.
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oˌscilloˈscopically adv. by means of an oscilloscope.
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oscilloscopically1961
1961 Trans. Symposium Electrode Processes 1959 186 All measurements were made oscilloscopically.
1986 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 406 345 By using a pulsed ultraviolet light source, the propagation velocity..of a Townsend discharge has been measured oscilloscopically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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