seismograph
noun
any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
seismographer
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a word derived from
seismograph.
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a word derived from
seismography.
seismographynounthe scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
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Whilst the learned seismographer eats his dinner, cheerfully unconscious of the coming earthquake, his dog shivers beneath the table.
From Bones in London by Edgar Wallace
