Associations to the word «Seismograph»

Wiktionary

SEISMOGRAPH, noun. An instrument that automatically detects and records the intensity, direction and duration of earthquakes and similar events.

Dictionary definition

SEISMOGRAPH, noun. A measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake).

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke