cathode-ray oscilloscope

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cathode-ray oscilloscope - electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities

CRO, oscilloscope, scope

cardiac monitor, heart monitor - a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart

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

electronic equipment - equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)

monitoring device, monitor - display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor

microwave radar, 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

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In a simple analog cathode-ray oscilloscope, the displayed trace is vertically deflected by an amplified version of the input signal.

Trigger-happy scopes

To a purist, the only real oscilloscope is one that displays a waveform in direct response to the input signal: in other words, an analog cathode-ray oscilloscope with electrostatic vertical deflection plates driven by an amplified version of the input.