seismography

[sahyz-mog-ruh-fee, sahys-]

seis·mog·ra·phy

[sahyz-mog-ruh-fee, sahys-]
noun
1.
the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.

Origin:
1860–65; seismo- + -graphy

seis·mog·ra·pher, noun
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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seismograph (ˈsaɪzməˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf)
 
n
Also called: seismometer an instrument that registers and records the features of earthquakes. A seismogram () is the record from such an instrument
 
seismographic
 
adj
 
seismographer
 
n
 
seis'mography
 
n

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