Circuit arrangement comprising a parabolic generator (2) for supplying a periodic, substantially parabolic signal to an output terminal during the trace time and an arcuate signal generator (3) for supplying an arcuate signal, which has the shape of, for example, half a sine wave, during the retrace time. At the start of the retrace time the arcuate signal and its derivative are given values which are substantially equal to the corresponding values of the parabolic signal at the end of the trace time. The arcuate signal generator is adapted to generate the arcuate signal in a time-discrete manner under the control of switching pulses supplied by a pulse circuit (4). The pulse circuit (4) is adapted to supply such a constant number of switching pulses for generating the arcuate signal at a variable retrace time that the arcuate signal and its derivative assume values which are substantially equal to the corresponding values of the parabolic signal at the start of the trace time.