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/ˈvɛktərskəʊp/ Electronics.
A type of oscilloscope used to analyse colour television signals (see quot. 1957).
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1957 Smith & Matley in Electronic & Radio Engineer XXXIV. 198/1 The vectorscope..has been designed to display the chrominance component of the colour television signal as a pattern of vectors.
1979 A. A. Liff Colour & Black & White Television Theory & Servicing xviii. 652 Some manufacturers recommend the vectorscope for the alignment of the bandpass amplifier tuned circuits.
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