NOUN | artifact | oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO | electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities |
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Sounds | ao.sih'lahskow.p | |
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Rhymes | allotrope ... tope: 34 rhymes with owp... |
Meaning | electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities. | |
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Synonyms | scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO | |
Part of | cardiac monitor, heart monitor | A piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart |
monitor, monitoring device | Display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor | |
radar, microwave radar, radio detection and ranging, radiolocation | measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects | |
Parts | cathode-ray tube, CRT | A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen |
Broader | electronic equipment | equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor) |
Spanish | osciloscopio | |
Catalan | oscil·loscopi |
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