"seismometer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-seismometer.wav Forms: seismometers [plural]
Etymology: From seismo- + -meter. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|seismo|meter}} seismo- + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} seismometer (plural seismometers)
  1. (geology) A device used by seismologists to detect and measure seismic waves and therefore locate earthquakes etc; a seismograph. Wikipedia link: seismometer Categories (topical): Geology, Measuring instruments Synonyms: seismometre [nonstandard] Related terms: seismometric, seismometry Translations (device used by seismologists to measure seismic waves): sismòmetre [masculine] (Catalan), seismometri (Finnish), sismographe [masculine] (French), Seismometer [neuter] (German), jarðskjálftamælir (Icelandic), sismometro [masculine] (Italian), seismometer (Malay), ine-rū (Maori), sismómetro [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), sismômetro [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), сейсмо́метр (sejsmómetr) [masculine] (Russian), sismómetro [masculine] (Spanish), sismometro (Tagalog)

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