单词 | ondograph |
释义 | ondograph in British English (ˈɒndəʊˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) noun an instrument for producing a graphical recording of an alternating current by measuring the charge imparted to a capacitor at different points in the cycle Word origin C20: from French, from onde wave + -graphondograph in American English (ˈɑndəˌɡræf, -ˌɡrɑːf) noun an instrument for graphically recording oscillatory variations, as in alternating currents Word origin [‹ F ondographe, equiv. to onde wave (‹ L unda) + -o- -o- + -graphe -graph]-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -graph is a combining form meaning “drawn,” “written” (lithograph; monograph). It is specialized in meaning to indicate the instrument rather than the writtenproduct of the instrument (telegraph; phonograph) |
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