seismometer

See also: Seismometer

English

Alternative forms

• seismometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

seismo- +‎ -meter

Noun

seismometer (plural seismometers)

1. (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.

Related terms

• seismometric
• seismometry

Translations

device used by seismologists to measure seismic waves

• Catalan: sismòmetre m
• Finnish: seismometri (fi)
• French: sismographe (fr) m
• German: Seismometer (de) n
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• Italian: sismometro m
• Malay: seismometer
• Maori: ine-rū
• Spanish: sismómetro m

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