oscillograph n 1: a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating voltages or currents
oscillograph \oscillograph\ n. 1. a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating . [WordNet 1.5]
Oscillograph \Os"cil*lo*graph\, n. [L. oscillare to swing + -graph.] (Elec.) An apparatus for recording or indicating alternating-current wave forms or other electrical oscillations, especially of voltages or currents; it usually consists 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]