seismograph

Noun

Meaning

An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Richter scale seismometer seismogram seismographic measuring instrument measuring system geophone device measuring earthquakes instrument for detecting earthquake instrument measuring earthquakes ground motion detector quake tracker seismal detector seismic recorder system measuring earthquakes
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

anti seismograph

Hypernyms

measuring device measuring instrument measuring system

Related terms

seismogram

Phrases with the word

anti seismograph

Examples

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph. Ken Kesey

Petals are a plant's eardrum. Distant sounds make them quiver like the needle of a seismograph. Malcolm de Chazal

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph. Tom Wolfe

Something in him so loves the world that he gives himself to the laws of gravity and chance. Far from flying with the angels, he traces with the fidelity of a seismograph needle the state of the solid bloody landscape. Leonard Cohen

Twitter represents a collective collaboration that manifests our ability to unconsciously connect kindred voices through the experiences that move us. As such, Twitter is a human seismograph. Brian Solis

“There’s still a lot of strain and there’s still a lot of energy waiting there on the fault that can be released,” said Keith Koper, director of the University of Utah’s Seismograph Stations and a professor of geology. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

seismogenic zone seismogram seismogramme seismographer seismographic seismographic record