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seismometre

seismometre is the alternative form 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

Forms of seismometre

pluralseismometres

Origin of seismometre

From seismo- + -metre.

Questions about seismometre

What is seismometre the alternative form of?
Seismometre is the alternative form of seismometer.

Words near seismometre in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: seismometre (page history and authors); seismometer (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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