It's a scope of oscillations
Hence 'oscilloscope'. Or it may be 'oscillascope'. Spelling was never my strong point. This, of course, never stops me sticking my big smug arrogant nose into things.
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boris the spider,
Thu 30 Sep 2010, 9:24,
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and so you should
does that make a telescope a scope of televisions?
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The Twisted Omentum vidi vici veni,
Thu 30 Sep 2010, 9:27,
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No, silly
It makes a telescope a scope of telesations. I don't know what that is, of course, though it sounds close to tessellations so I'm guessing it's something to do with tiling.
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boris the spider,
Thu 30 Sep 2010, 9:42,
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