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An oscilloscope does not measure time. It is used to plot signals which are displayed as a change of voltage against (or with reference to) a change in time. To do this, the scope has to have something inside it to generate a "time tick" or otherwise provide a time reference. We usually find that a crystal oscillator is doing that job.

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