"tsunameter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tsunameters [plural]
Etymology: From tsunami + -meter. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tsunami|meter}} tsunami + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} tsunameter (plural tsunameters)
  1. A piece of equipment used to detect tsunamis, deployed across the open ocean to form a network for the purpose of early warning. Derived forms: tsunameter buoy Translations (piece of equipment used to detect tsunamis): 津波計 (tsunamikei) (Japanese), цунаметр (cunametr) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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