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tsunameter

tsunameter noun: a piece of equipment used to detect tsunamis, deployed across the open ocean to form a network for the purpose of early warning.

Noun

tsunameter (plural tsunameters)

  1. A piece of equipment used to detect tsunamis, deployed across the open ocean to form a network for the purpose of early warning.
    • The tsunameter pioneered at the Seattle lab is actually a system — a sophisticated pressure gauge set on the ocean floor that sends signals to a surface buoy.2004 December 28, Tom Paulson, "Tsunami warning system being developed in Seattle could avert disasters", Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    • -2005, "Chilean Tsunameter Project Information", National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Data Buoy Center, at www.ndbc.noaa.gov http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dart/chilean_tsunameter.shtml
      As part of the National Tsunami Warning System (SNAM) of the Hydrographic and Oceanographic...

Forms of tsunameter

pluraltsunameters

Origin of tsunameter

From tsunami + -meter.

Words formed from tsunameter

  • tsunameter buoy

Questions about tsunameter

What does tsunameter mean?
Tsunameter means a piece of equipment used to detect tsunamis, deployed across the open ocean to form a network for the purpose of early warning.
What part of speech is tsunameter?
Tsunameter is a noun.
What is the plural of tsunameter?
The plural of tsunameter is tsunameters.

Words near tsunameter in the dictionary

  1. Tsumiko
  2. tsumoite
  3. tsun
  4. Tsun-i
  5. tsuna
  6. tsunameter
  7. tsunameters
  8. tsunami
  9. tsunami stone
  10. tsunami stones
  11. tsunami wall

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