Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The graph traced by an oscillograph.
- noun An instantaneous oscilloscope trace or photograph.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The graphic trace or record made by an oscillograph.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Elec.) An autographic record made by an oscillograph.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A record produced by an
oscillograph oroscilloscope .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the recording produced by an oscillograph
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The left-hand oscillogram indicated the strength of Hugher's hypno-block whereas the one on the right gave a curving indication of how much energy was needed to break the block.
Blockade, Lepso Brand, Kurt 1976
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If you drew a line surrounding the upper half of the oscillogram, you could call it the envelope of the sound-a graphic displaying the level as a function of time.
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Other Oscillator Waveforms Waveforms (waves) are named sawtooth, square, pulse, or triangular because of their shape when displayed as an oscillogram (as in the Sample Editor of Logic Pro).
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If you drew a line surrounding the upper half of the oscillogram, you could call it the envelope of the sound-a graphic displaying the level as a function of time.
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In the image, you see an oscillogram of a percussive tone.
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"And here's the oscillogram, sir, with the flattened curves.
Plasma Monster Mahr, Kurt 1976
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