Meanings
plural oscilloscopes
- An electronic measuring instrument that creates a visible two-dimensional graph, on a screen, of one or more continuously varying voltages or currents.
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If two waveforms have no phase no phase or frequency relationship, there is seldom reason to observe both waveforms simultaneously. However, these oscilloscopes do permit the simultaneous viewing of two such unrelated waveforms, using alternate triggering. […] If the fuse blows, the “ON” indicator will not light and the oscilloscope will not operate.
2011 March 28, “Oscilloscope Instruction Manual”, in Elenco, pages 44, 63Synonyms: oscillograph
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn electronic measuring instrument that creates a visible two-dimensional graph, on a screen, of one or more continuously varying voltages or currents.
More synonyms by meaning
nounelectronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishoscillo-
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- Englishoscilloscope
Translations
Arabic ذُبذاب
- ذُبذاب (zobzab)electronic measuring instrument
Basque osziloskopio
- osziloskopioelectronic measuring instrument
Bulgarian осцилоско́п
- осцилоско́п (osciloskóp)electronic measuring instrument
Catalan oscil·loscopi, oscil·lògraf
- oscil·loscopielectronic measuring instrument
- oscil·lògrafelectronic measuring instrument
Chinese Mandarin 示波器
- 示波器 (shìbōqì)electronic measuring instrument
Czech osciloskop
- osciloskopelectronic measuring instrument
Danish oscilloskop
- oscilloskopelectronic measuring instrument
Dutch oscilloscoop
- oscilloscoopelectronic measuring instrument
Esperanto osciloskopo
- osciloskopoelectronic measuring instrument
Finnish oskilloskooppi
- oskilloskooppielectronic measuring instrument
French oscilloscope
- oscilloscopeelectronic measuring instrument
German Oszilloskop
- Oszilloskopelectronic measuring instrument
Greek παλμογράφος
- παλμογράφος (palmográfos)electronic measuring instrument
Hebrew משקף תנודות, אוסילוקופ
- משקף תנודות (mashkéf tnudot)electronic measuring instrument
- אוסילוקופ (osiloskóp)electronic measuring instrument
Hindi दोलनदर्शी
- दोलनदर्शी (dolandarśī)electronic measuring instrument
Hungarian oszcilloszkóp
- oszcilloszkópelectronic measuring instrument
Icelandic sveiflusjá
- sveiflusjáelectronic measuring instrument
Italian oscilloscopio
- oscilloscopioelectronic measuring instrument
Japanese オシロスコープ
- オシロスコープelectronic measuring instrument
Korean 오실로스코프
- 오실로스코프 (osilloseukopeu)electronic measuring instrument
Latvian osciloskops
- osciloskopselectronic measuring instrument
Lithuanian osciloskopas
- osciloskopaselectronic measuring instrument
Polish oscyloskop
- oscyloskopelectronic measuring instrument
Portuguese osciloscópio
- osciloscópioelectronic measuring instrument
Romanian osciloscop
- osciloscopelectronic measuring instrument
Russian осцилло́граф
- осцилло́граф (oscillógraf)electronic measuring instrument
Slovak osciloskop
- osciloskopelectronic measuring instrument
Spanish osciloscopio
- osciloscopioelectronic measuring instrument
Swedish oscilloskop
- oscilloskopelectronic measuring instrument
Tagalog tuguysipat
- tuguysipatelectronic measuring instrument
Tamil அலைவுகாட்டி
- அலைவுகாட்டி (alaivukāṭṭi)electronic measuring instrument
Thai ออสซิลโลสโคป
- ออสซิลโลสโคปelectronic measuring instrument
Turkish osiloskop
- osiloskopelectronic measuring instrument
Ukrainian осцилограф
- осцилограф (oscylohraf)electronic measuring instrument
Vietnamese dao động ký, máy hiện sóng
- dao động kýelectronic measuring instrument
- máy hiện sóngelectronic measuring instrument
Welsh osgilosgop
- osgilosgopelectronic measuring instrument
Cite this entry
oscilloscope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oscilloscope
“oscilloscope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oscilloscope. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oscilloscope,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oscilloscope.
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