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seismometers

seismometers is the plural of seismometer.

Meaning of seismometer

Noun

seismometer (plural seismometers)

  1. A device used by seismologists to detect and measure seismic waves and therefore locate earthquakes etc; a seismograph.
    • Despite the Hebgen Lake quake and the other known risks, Yellowstone didn't get permanent seismometers until the 1970s.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 205

Questions about seismometers

What is seismometers the plural of?
Seismometers is the plural of seismometer.

Words near seismometers in the dictionary

  1. seismologists
  2. seismologue
  3. seismologues
  4. seismology
  5. seismometer
  6. seismometers
  7. seismometre
  8. seismometres
  9. seismometric
  10. seismometrical
  11. seismometrograph

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