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

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