oscilloscope
noun/əˈsɪləskoʊp/
Frequency rank: #19,375 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
An instrument that displays electrical signal waveforms on a screen.
Example sentence
The engineer used the oscilloscope to visualize the electrical signals in the circuit.
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