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Device recording our planet's movements
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seismometer
Word definitions for seismometer in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"instrument for measuring the intensity and motion of earthquakes," 1841, from seismo- + -meter . Originally different from a seismograph but now practically the same thing.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context geology English) A device used by seismologists to detect and measure seismic waves and therefore locate earthquakes etc; a seismograph.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Seismometers are instruments that measure motion of the ground, including those of seismic waves generated by earthquakes , volcanic eruptions , and other seismic sources . Records of seismic waves allow seismologists to map the interior of the Earth, and ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Seismometer \Seis*mom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ??? an earthquake + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the direction, duration, and force of earthquakes and like concussions.
Usage examples of seismometer.
Apollo lunar seismometers have found that moonquakes are most common during lunar perigee, when the Earth is closest to the Moon, and there are at least some hints of earthquakes at the same time.
The hardbody sonar array, the seismometers, tomographic systems, and the proton magnetometers must be assembled before work begins.
Here was the seismometer, like a paint can on top of a silver drop cloth.
With relief, he set down his seismometers and miniaturized cospec and pyrometers, tiltmeters and cameras, and connected them up via a laptop pc to a satellite transponder.