"seismograph" meaning in English

See seismograph in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsaɪz.mə.ɡɹæf/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-seismograph.wav [US] Forms: seismographs [plural]
Etymology: From seismo- + -graph. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|seismo|graph}} seismo- + -graph Head templates: {{en-noun}} seismograph (plural seismographs)
  1. An instrument that automatically detects and records the intensity, direction and duration of earthquakes and similar events. Wikipedia link: seismograph Categories (topical): Measuring instruments Related terms: seismogram Translations (instrument that detects and records earthquakes): sismògraf [masculine] (Catalan), 地震儀 (Chinese Mandarin), 地震仪 (dìzhènyí) (Chinese Mandarin), seizmograf [masculine] (Czech), seismograf [common-gender] (Danish), seismografi (Finnish), sismographe (French), sismógrafo [masculine] (Galician), Seismograf [masculine] (German), Seismograph [masculine] (German), σεισμογράφος (seismográfos) [masculine] (Greek), jarðskjálftamælir [masculine] (Icelandic), seismeagraf [masculine] (Irish), sismografo [masculine] (Italian), seismographus (Latin), seismograf [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), seismograf [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sejsmograf [masculine] (Polish), seismograf [neuter] (Romanian), сейсмо́граф (sejsmógraf) [masculine] (Russian), panukat-lindol (Tagalog), sismograf (Turkish), máy ghi địa chấn (Vietnamese)

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