Noun

(en noun)

An instrument for measuring alternating or varying electric current in terms of current and voltage.

* {{quote-news, 2009, January 26, Dennis Hevesi, J. Lamar Worzel, Expert on Ocean’s Depths, Dies at 89, New York Times citation

, passage=With Dr. Ewing brainstorming and Dr. Worzel leading the designers, the team slapped together precursors of more precisely manufactured measuring devices: a camera to take photos thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface, with a coffee-can lid for a flash reflector and a thick, diner-style drinking glass as its casing; a seismograph timed by a modified railroad pocket watch; an oscillograph , to record electrical changes, run by a motor from a toy electric train. }}