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geophone

geophone noun: a form of microphone that detects and records seismic vibrations.

Noun

geophone (plural geophones)

  1. A form of microphone that detects and records seismic vibrations.
  2. A percussion instrument consisting of a drum filled with pellets, played by swirling it around to produce a sound like shifting earth.

geophone meaning in Tamil

geophone in Tamil

புவிபன்னி

Forms of geophone

pluralgeophones

Origin of geophone

From geo- + -phone.

Questions about geophone

What does geophone mean?
Geophone means a form of microphone that detects and records seismic vibrations.
What is geophone in Tamil?
Geophone in Tamil is புவிபன்னி. See Geophone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is geophone?
Geophone is a noun.
What is the plural of geophone?
The plural of geophone is geophones.

Words near geophone in the dictionary

  1. geophilosophically
  2. geophilosophies
  3. geophilosophy
  4. geophilous
  5. geophily
  6. geophone
  7. geophones
  8. geophonic
  9. geophonically
  10. geophonies
  11. geophony

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Adapted from Wiktionary: geophone (page history and authors); geophone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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