Look up: seismograph


  1. Seismograph
    A sensitive instrument that can detect, amplify, and record ground vibrations too small to be perceived by human beings. (See also accelerograph.)
    Found op http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/PNSN/INFO_GENERAL/NQT/glossary.html

  2. seismograph
    [n] - a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of of movements of the ground (as an earthquake)
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=seismograph

  3. seismograph
    a device that detects vibrations in the earth. It is used in studying the earth's interior and in prospecting for probably oil-bearing structures. Vibrations are created by discharging explosive in shallow boreholes, by striking the surface with a heavy blow, or by vibrating a heavy plate in cont...
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  4. Seismograph
    An instrument for detecting and recording the intensity, direction, and duration of a movement of the ground caused by an earthquake or explosion. See also: Mercalli Scale, Richter Scale, Seismic.
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/s/e/seismograph/source.html

  5. Seismograph
    an instrument that records the frequency and magnitude of seismic waves. The vibrations are recorded by a pen on a revolving drum. A seismography can pick up seismic activity thousands of kilometres away.
    Found op http://www.energyinst.org.uk/education/glossary/

  6. Seismograph
    Seis'mo·graph noun [ Greek ......... an earthquake + -graph .] (Physics) An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.
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  7. seismograph
    <physics> An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes. ... Origin: Gr. An earthquake + -graph. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?seismograph

  8. seismograph
    noun a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake)
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  1. Seismograph
    • (n.) An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.
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  2. seismograph
    instrument that makes a record of seismic waves caused by an earthquake, explosion, or other Earth-shaking phenomenon. Seismographs are equipped with ... [5 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/59

  3. seismograph
    seismograph, seismographic 1. An instrument for recording vibrations of the Earth, particularly of earthquakes or artificially induced energy for the exploration of underlying rock formations and the interior of the Earth. 2. Any of various devices for measuring and recording the vibrations and inte...
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  4. Seismograph
    Instrument that measures the energy contained in seismic waves from an earthquake or other type of ground displacement.
    Found op http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/s.html

  5. seismograph
    An instrument used to record seismic waves caused by earthquakes, nuclear explosions, etc.: the record it produces is a seismogram. The simplest seismograph has a horizontal bar, pivoted at one end and with a recording pen at the other. The bar, supported by a spring, bears a heavy weight. As the gr...
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/seismograph.html

  6. Seismograph
    A very sensitive instrument used to record and measure earthquakes. During an earthquake, vibrations initiated by fracturing of the earth's crust radiate outward from the point of fracture and are detected by seismographs. The visual record produced is called a "seismogram".
    Found op http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/info-gen/glossa-eng.php

  7. Seismograph
    An instrument that records seismic waves; that is, vibrations of the earth.
    Found op http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/glossary.html

  8. seismograph
    1) ... is an instrument used to record the intensity and duration of an earthquake. 2) Measuring device 3) Measuring instrument 4) Measuring system
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/seismograph/1

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