Meaning & use

Oscillography

noun·Academic

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The technique of recording or displaying variations in an electrical current or other quantity as a wave over time.

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Engineers relied on oscillography to visualize the circuit's voltage fluctuations.

Early oscillography used photographic film to capture the trace of a wave.

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The root of the everyday word 'oscilloscope', the instrument used to perform oscillography.

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wave recording

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