oscilloscope

Used for measuring waves
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Summary

oscilloscope is a product category[1]. oscilloscope ranks in the top 9% of product category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,428 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Ferdinand Braun[3]
  • Subclass of: measuring instrument[4], electronic device[5], electrical appliance[6]
  • Has use: measurement[7], display device[8]
  • Commons category: Oscilloscopes[9]
  • Has part(s): liquid-crystal display[10], USB[11], test probe[12], control panel[13], control knob[14]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/oscilloscope[17]
  • Used by: scientist[18], engineer[19], electronics technician[20], hobby electronics[21], radio technician[22], repair shop[23], research and development[24]
  • History of topic: oscilloscope history[25]
  • Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03857828-n[26]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
  • 2022 Harmonized System Code: 903020[28]

Why It Matters

oscilloscope has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] oscilloscope is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . UN Comtrade Commodity Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3ObVOU
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0008547-osciloskopy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0008547-osciloskopy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Has use → measurement, display device, measurement +2
    Aliases → —
    History of topic → oscilloscope history
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 3651, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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