n.
An electronic instrument that produces an instantaneous trace on the screen of a cathode-ray tube corresponding to oscillations of voltage and current.
[OSCILL(ATION) + -SCOPE.]
oscilloscopic os·cil'lo·scop'ic (-skŏp'ĭk) adj.
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