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a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating voltages or currents

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  1. n. a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating voltages or currents
  2. An apparatus for recording or indicating alternating-current wave forms or other electrical oscillations, usually consisting of a galvanometer with strong field, in which the mass of the moving part is very small and frequency of vibration very high. -- Os`cil*lo*graph"ic (#), a.
  3. An apparatus for recording or indicating alternating-currentwave forms or other electrical oscillations, usually consisting of agalvanometer with strong field, in which the mass of the moving partis very small and frequency of vibration very high. --Os`cil*lo*graph"ic (#), a.
  4. n. a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating voltages or currents