seismograph
noun
seis·mo·graph
ˈsīz-mə-ˌgraf 
ˈsīs-
: an apparatus to measure and record vibrations within the earth and of the ground
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When an earthquake hits, seismographs send information about its size, location and depth to a network of government computers.
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Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
Motion isolation: Testers set up a seismograph, or an instrument that measures movement, on the bed and drop a steel ball from different heights.
—Ashley Zlatopolsky, Architectural Digest, 17 Oct. 2024
The event in Greenland's Dickson Fjord registered on sensitive seismographs from the Arctic to Antarctica for nine days following a massive landslide that sent more than 32 million cubic yards of rock and ice crashing into the fjord and triggering a tsunami with a wave height that reached 650 feet.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Motion transfer was also minimal, and our seismograph detected only slight movement during our steel ball drop test.
—Ashley Zlatopolsky, Architectural Digest, 20 Sep. 2024
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Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
Motion isolation: Testers set up a seismograph, or an instrument that measures movement, on the bed and drop a steel ball from different heights.
—Ashley Zlatopolsky, Architectural Digest, 17 Oct. 2024
The event in Greenland's Dickson Fjord registered on sensitive seismographs from the Arctic to Antarctica for nine days following a massive landslide that sent more than 32 million cubic yards of rock and ice crashing into the fjord and triggering a tsunami with a wave height that reached 650 feet.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Motion transfer was also minimal, and our seismograph detected only slight movement during our steel ball drop test.
—Ashley Zlatopolsky, Architectural Digest, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Seismograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seismograph. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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seismograph
noun
seis·mo·graph
ˈsīz-mə-ˌgraf
ˈsīs-
: a device to measure and record vibrations of the earth
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