Seismograph

['saɪzmə(ʊ)grɑːf] or ['saɪzməɡræf]

Definition

(noun.) a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake).

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Definition

(n.) An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.

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Definition

n. an instrument for registering the shocks and concussions of earthquakes a seismometer.—adjs. Seis′mal; Seis′mic belonging to an earthquake.—ns. Seis′mogram the record made by a seismometer; Seismog′rapher.—adjs. Seismograph′ic -al connected with the seismograph.—n. Seismog′raphy the study of earthquake phenomena.—adjs. Seismolog′ic -al.—ns. Seismol′ogist a student of earthquake phenomena; Seis′mologue a catalogue of earthquake observations; Seismol′ogy the science of earthquakes and volcanoes; Seismom′eter an instrument for measuring shakings tremors and tiltings of the earth.—adjs. Seismom′etric -al.—ns. Seismom′etry the measuring the phenomena of earthquakes; Seis′moscope a name of the simpler form of seismometer.—adj. Seismoscop′ic.

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