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An instrument that automatically detects and records the intensity, direction and duration of earthquakes and similar events.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
sismògraf
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Chinese Mandarin:
地震儀 /地震仪
(dìzhènyí)
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Czech:
seizmograf
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Danish:
seismograf
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Finnish:
seismografi
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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French:
sismographe
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Galician:
sismógrafo
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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German:
Seismograf
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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German:
Seismograph
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Greek:
σεισμογράφος
(seismográfos)
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Icelandic:
jarðskjálftamælir
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Irish:
seismeagraf
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Italian:
sismografo
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Latin:
seismographus
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Norwegian Bokmål:
seismograf
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
seismograf
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Polish:
sejsmograf
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Romanian:
seismograf
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Russian:
сейсмо́граф
(sejsmógraf)
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Tagalog:
panukat-lindol
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Turkish:
sismograf
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
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Vietnamese:
máy ghi địa chấn
— instrument that detects and records earthquakes
