Word Meanings - OSCILLOGRAPH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An apparatus for recording or indicating alternating-current wave forms or other electrical oscillations, usually consisting of a galvanometer with strong field, in which the mass of the moving part is very small and frequency of vibration very high. -- Os`cil*lo*graph"ic (#), a.

Strongylid
Strongyloid.
OTHERGUISEOTHERGUESS
Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley.
Consistence
Alt. of Consistency
Fielding
of Field
Graphite
Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc.
Indicatrix
A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to t
Othergates
In another manner.
Strongyloid
Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious.
OTHERWHILEOTHERWHILES
At another time, or other times; sometimes; [Archaic] Weighing otherwhiles ten pounds and more. Holland.
Consistency
The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.
Fielden
Consisting of fields.
Graphitic
Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling, graphite.
Movability
Movableness.
Otherguise
Alt. of Otherguess
Smallage
A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.
Vibration
The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical string.
Alternate
Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
STRONGMINDED
Having a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; -- said of women. -- Strong"-mind`ed*ness, n.
Consistent
Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.

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