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microseismograph|maɪkrəʊˈsaɪzməʊgrɑːf, -æ-|
[mod. f. Gr. µῑκρό-ς small + σεισµό-ς earthquake: see -graph.]
An instrument for recording slight earth tremors, as well as the feeble effects of distant earthquake shocks.
1881Friends' Intelligencer XXXVIII. 556 The Microseismograph..with which Professor Palmieri..may detect the first faintest quiver which hints the coming earthquake. 1899Nature 30 Mar. 523/1 The microseismograph devised a few years ago by Prof. Vicentini, of Padua. |