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seismogramme

seismogramme noun: british spelling of seismogram.

Noun

seismogramme (plural seismogrammes)

  1. (rare) British spelling of seismogram.
    • In 1954, Benioff analyzed the seismogramme of the Kamchatka earthquake of 1952 and found a phase with a period of 57 minutes . . .1962, Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R., Geophysics Series, Issues 1–6,page 112
    • Cover design based on a seismogramme registered on the 18th and 19th of November 1900 during a 'seismic tempest' in Japan.1976, J. B. Kloosterman, Catastrophist Geology, page 50

Examples of seismogramme in a sentence

  • To compare a book to a seismogramme is a mistaken analogy in so far as, I know from experience, simple registering is not involved . . .1979, C. Bernstein, Language:
  • A seismogramme of the earthquake recorded in Zurich is shown in figure 3.7 . . .1986, A. S. Elnashai, K. Pilakoutas, "The Kalamata (Greece) Earthquake of 13 September 1986", in ESEE Research Report, issues 86–89, Civil...
  • . . . it acts to the greatest possible extent as a seismogramme of sensibility and experience.2005, Božo Biškupić, Tonko Maroević, Contemporary Croatian Drawing, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia:

Forms of seismogramme

pluralseismogrammes

Questions about seismogramme

What does seismogramme mean?
Seismogramme means british spelling of seismogram.
How do you use seismogramme in a sentence?
To compare a book to a seismogramme is a mistaken analogy in so far as, I know from experience, simple registering is not involved . . .
What part of speech is seismogramme?
Seismogramme is a noun.
What is the plural of seismogramme?
The plural of seismogramme is seismogrammes.

Words near seismogramme in the dictionary

  1. seismogenic layer
  2. seismogenic layers
  3. seismogenic zone
  4. seismogenic zones
  5. seismogram
  6. seismogramme
  7. seismogrammes
  8. seismograms
  9. seismograph
  10. seismographer
  11. seismographers

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