German

Noun

Seismometer n ‎(genitive Seismometers, plural Seismometer)

1. seismometer

Related terms

• Seismologie, seismologisch

English

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Alternative forms

• seismometre (nonstandard)

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

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