n :  an instrument in which the variations in a fluctuating electrical quantity appear temporarily as a visible waveform on the fluorescent screen of a cathode-ray tube - called also cathode-ray oscilloscope  os*cil*lo*scop*ic adj os*cil*lo*scop*i*cal*ly adv 
 
   
 
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