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sismometer

sismometer is the dated 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 sismometer

pluralsismometers

Questions about sismometer

What is sismometer the dated form of?
Sismometer is the dated form of seismometer.

Words near sismometer in the dictionary

  1. sismances
  2. sismantic
  3. sismograph
  4. sismographs
  5. sismology
  6. sismometer
  7. sismometers
  8. sismotherapy
  9. Sisney
  10. Sisneys
  11. sisomicin

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