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Definition of Seismometer
1. n. An instrument for measuring the direction, duration, and force of earthquakes and like concussions.
Definition of Seismometer
1. Noun. (geology) A device used by seismologists to detect and measure seismic waves and therefore locate earthquakes etc; a seismograph ¹
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Definition of Seismometer
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Medical Definition of Seismometer
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Seismometer
Literary usage of Seismometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The great stability of the pendulum, which is only 1J metres long, prevents it
from behaving as a steady-point seismometer ; and, if successive ..."
2. Earthquakes in the Light of the New Seismology by Clarence Edward Dutton (1904)
"... the Tracers—Dr. Wagner's Device—Ewing's Duplex Pendulum seismometer—Milne's
Modification —Tests by Artificial Vibrations—Confusing Nature of seismometer ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1899)
"By JOHN MILNE 226 251 255 265 256 257 258 XIII. Preliminary Examination of
Photograms obtained with tlie seismometer in the Liverpool Observatory. ..."
4. A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos, of Earthquakes, and of Thermal by Charles Daubeny (1848)
"It may not be f.miss to append a drawing of a seismometer of very simple
construction, invented by Professor Cacciatore of Palermo, which, according to ..."
5. Seismological Journal of Japan by Jishin Gakkai (Japan)., John Milne (1885)
"SWING'S DUPLEX PENDULUM seismometer WITH EARTHQUAKE RECORDS OBTAINED BY IT. ...
This is another form of the Duplex Pendulum seismometer designed by Prof. ..."
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