CRO
Dictionary entry overview: What does CRO mean?
• CRO (noun)
The noun CRO has 1 sense:
1. electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
Familiarity information: CRO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CRO (noun)
Meaning:
Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cathode-ray oscilloscope; CRO; oscilloscope; scope
Hypernyms ("CRO" is a kind of...):
electronic equipment (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))
Meronyms (parts of "CRO"):
cathode-ray tube; CRT (a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen)
Holonyms ("CRO" is a part of...):
cardiac monitor; heart monitor (a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart)
monitor; monitoring device (display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor)
microwave radar; radar; radio detection and ranging; radiolocation (measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects)
