seismometer
a seismograph equipped for measuring the direction, intensity, and duration of earthquakes by measuring the actual movement of the ground.
Origin of seismometer
1Other words from seismometer
- seis·mo·met·ric [sahyz-muh-me-trik, sahys-], /ˌsaɪz məˈmɛ trɪk, ˌsaɪs-/, seis·mo·met·ri·cal, adjective
- seis·mom·et·ry, noun
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How to use seismometer in a sentence
There are two tricks that InSight’s seismometer can use to estimate a seismic wave’s source.
Rumbles on Mars Raise Hopes of Underground Magma Flows | Robin George Andrews | February 1, 2021 | Quanta MagazinePlacing the seismometersTo listen to those waves, researchers begin by planting seismometer arrays.
Vibrations from trains could help seismologists peer underground | Rahul Rao | February 1, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThose Apollo instruments were turned off in 1977, but Artemis means we can put some new seismometers down on the moon that will detect even more sensitive moonquakes and help us determine what’s causing them.
This is what NASA wants to do when it gets to the moon | Neel Patel | December 9, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewAndroid Earthquake Alerts System by GoogleThe world’s largest earthquake detection systemRegions with frequent earthquakes have immense networks of seismometers to pick up on the smallest shakes.
The wildest engineering innovations of 2020 | By Sara Chodosh and Andrew Rosenblum | December 3, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe InSight lander, currently on Mars, has a seismometer that listens for Marsquakes, but a ground-penetrating radar to understand the Martian interior is a first.
NASA’s Perseverance rover will seek signs of past life on Mars | Lisa Grossman | July 28, 2020 | Science News
It is a seismometer for the shifting ground of British politics.
Seis′mogram, the record made by a seismometer; Seismog′rapher.
Seismom′etry, the measuring the phenomena of earthquakes; Seis′moscope, a name of the simpler form of seismometer.
Having undergone a few small changes, fixed in a threefold combination it serves as our most sensitive and accurate seismometer.
In due time they reach, say the Isle of Wight, where they set the pencil of the seismometer at work.
The San Francisco Calamity | VariousUnfortunately this fate was shared by a seismometer that had been set up on the island.
The 'Ayesha' being the adventures of the landing squad of the 'Emden' | Hellmuth von Mcke
Scientific definitions for seismometer
[ sīz-mŏm′ĭ-tər ]
A detecting device that receives seismic impulses. It is the detecting component of a seismograph. See more at seismograph.
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