seismometer
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See also: Seismometer
English[edit]
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- seismometre (nonstandard)
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Noun[edit]
seismometer (plural seismometers)
- (geology) A device used by seismologists to detect and measure seismic waves and therefore locate earthquakes etc; a seismograph.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 205:
- Despite the Hebgen Lake quake and the other known risks, Yellowstone didn't get permanent seismometers until the 1970s.
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device used by seismologists to measure seismic waves
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