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seismographer
  1. A person who measures and records earthquakes and other ground vibrations.
  2. A person who studies such records, a seismologist.
seismography
  1. The measurement and recording of earthquakes and other ground vibrations.
  2. The study of these records, seismology.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Since June 23, the new seismography exhibit has been flashing and twitching every time there has been earthquake activity around the world.”
      “By the end of the 1960s the knowledge available, provided by bathymetrics, paleomagnetism and seismography in particular, was extensive.”
      “We view the signing of the CTBT as not only another step in promoting disarmament but also as providing an opportunity for us to profit from the civilian benefits provided under the instrument in areas such as seismography.”
seismograph
  1. An instrument that automatically detects and records the intensity, direction and duration of earthquakes and similar events.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The scientist analyzed the data collected by the seismograph to determine the magnitude of the earthquake.”
      “Tremors had been recorded in 1908 on a seismograph 4,000 kilometers west of St. Petersburg.”
      “Yesterday, the stylus of an observatory seismograph continued to jiggle every few seconds like the end of a fishing rod reacting to nibbles.”
seismology
  1. The study of the vibration of the Earth's interior caused by natural and unnatural sources, such as earthquakes.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Colombia also has been at the forefront of studies of volcanology and seismology.”
      “If so, then seismology has found a fertile habitat in earthquake-prone California.”
      “These are commonly considered to include plutology, with geodesy, geothermometry, seismology, and tectonophysics as subdivisions.”
seismometer
  1. (geology) A device used by seismologists to detect and measure seismic waves and therefore locate earthquakes etc; a seismograph.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “At the local warning center a seismometer will provide accurate recordings of volcanic activity.”
      “The seismometer vault is a cylindrical tank about a meter wide and two meters deep, with a concrete pad at the bottom.”
      “This is the old cacciatore seismometer which has been long employed in Italy.”
seismogram
  1. (geology) The graphical output from an accelerograph or seismograph.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A seismogram provides a record of the arrival of the various types of seismic wave at a particular location.”
      “Click on this example of a seismogram to see the progression, through time, of an earthquake.”
      “A record produced by a seismograph on a display screen or paper printout is called a seismogram.”
seismologist
  1. A person who is skilled at, professes, or practices seismology.
  2. Examples:
    1. “I had now learned to gauge her emotional moods like a seismologist reads a Richter scale.”
      “Google's latest doodle celebrates the birthday of Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann, who discovered the existence of an inner core in the Earth.”
      “The Richter scale was developed by seismologist Charles Richter in the 1930s to bring consistent, objective criteria to evaluating the size of earthquakes.”
seismogramme
  1. (rare) British spelling spelling of seismogram
seismometre
  1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of seismometer
seismographers
  1. plural of seismographer
seismogrammes
  1. plural of seismogramme
seismologists
  1. plural of seismologist
  2. Examples:
    1. “So now seismologists are actually recording the swarms of the earthquake activity from the volcano.”
      “This is similar to seismologists using seismographs on Earth to detect earthquakes.”
      “The assessment of specific earthquake hazards has involved seismologists, geologists, and earthquake engineers.”
seismographies
  1. plural of seismography
seismographs
  1. plural of seismograph
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Noaa would record the earthquake on seismographs and issue bulletins about the progress of a tsunami.”
      “What comes out of the laboratory and what is measured in the real world by surface seismographs leaves a gap.”
      “A series of digital seismographs around the volcano provide a continuous stream of data to the observatory in Goma.”
seismometers
  1. plural of seismometer
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Thirty two ocean bottom seismometers will also be deployed to acquire seismic refraction data.”
      “As it was, there was no detectable vibration, making the slide invisible to seismometers.”
      “For three years, the seismometers recorded how seismic waves from hundreds of earthquakes worldwide bounced through the mantle.”
seismometres
  1. plural of seismometre
seismograms
  1. plural of seismogram
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Seismic interpretation began with the generation of synthetic seismograms and subsequent ties to seismic data.”
      “All data are rapidly made available, and seismograms from large earthquakes are posted within minutes of occurrence.”
      “The scientists found that the seismograms were almost identical for waves that had travelled only in the mantle, or Earth's crust, and outer core.”
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