What is the difference between horizontal units and horizontal scale at an oscilloscope?

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This is a picture of the data of a given measurement by an oscilloscope. I would like to know what the difference between horizontal units and horizontal scale at an oscilloscope is. I would be so so grateful if someone could shed some light on it! 🙂

Puk · Answer

Each horizontal division (spacing of grid lines) is likely "[Horizontal Scale] [Horizontal Units]", which is $10^{-4} text{s}$ in this case.

Hilmar · Answer

Horizontal Unit "s" means that the horizontal axis represents time and the units of the axis is seconds.
Horizontal Scale "1e-4" means that the one horizontal tick is $10^{-4}$ units.
Overall that means that the width of each box on the oscilloscope screen corresponds to a time interval of 100 microseconds

What is the difference between horizontal units and horizontal scale at an oscilloscope?

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