seismometer

See also: Seismometer

English

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Alternative forms

seismometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

seismo- +‎ -meter

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Noun

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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Translations

device used by seismologists to measure seismic waves

Catalan: sismòmetre m
Finnish: seismometri (fi)
French: sismographe (fr) m
German: Seismometer (de) n
Icelandic: jarðskjálftamælir (is)
Italian: sismometro m
Malay: seismometer
Maori: ine-rū
Portuguese: sismómetro m (Portugal), sismômetro m (Brazil)
Russian: сейсмо́метр (ru) m (sejsmómetr)
Spanish: sismómetro m
Tagalog: sismometro

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