ondograph

ondograph
/on"deuh graf', -grahf'/, n.
an instrument for graphically recording oscillatory variations, as in alternating currents.
[ < F ondographe, equiv. to onde wave ( < L unda) + -o- -O- + -graphe -GRAPH]

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