What is another word for seismograph?

Pronunciation: [sˈa͡ɪzməɡɹˌaf] (IPA)

Seismographs are instruments used to measure and record earthquakes and vibrations in the Earth's surface. There are several synonyms for the word seismograph, including seismometer, Richter scale, tremor recorder, seismic detector, and earthquake monitor. A seismometer is a specialized instrument that detects and measures ground motion, while the Richter scale is a numerical measure of the size or magnitude of an earthquake. A tremor recorder, seismic detector, and earthquake monitor are all devices that detect, track and record seismic activity. In summary, these synonyms for seismograph provide different ways of referring to the equipment and processes involved in measuring and monitoring earthquakes and seismic activity.

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Usage examples for Seismograph

He followed to the small, far-spaced hut-now snow-buried to its eaves-in which the seismograph ticked away to itself.
"Long Ago, Far Away"
William Fitzgerald Jenkins AKA Murray Leinster
There is an instrument called the seismograph, which records the vibratory movements of the earth, and also locates the distances at which the shocks are from the observer, but there is nothing to indicate what the extent and probable dangers are.
"The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island"
Roger Thompson Finlay
He knew nothing of radar reports or the seismograph record.
"Operation Terror"
William Fitzgerald Jenkins

Famous quotes with Seismograph

  • I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.
    Ken Kesey
  • Most of us balk at her soporific rigmaroles, her echolaliac incantations, her half-witted-sounding catalogues on numbers; most of us read her less and less. Yet, remembering especially her early work, we are still always aware of her presence in the background of contemporary literature— and we picture her as the great pyramidal Buddha of Jo Davidson's statue of her, eternally and placidly ruminating the gradual developments of the process of being, registering the vibrations of a psychological country like some august human seismograph whose charts we haven't the training to read.
    Gertrude Stein
  • I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.
    Ken Kesey

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