seismographn.v.

Brit.

/ˈsʌɪzməɡrɑːf/,

/ˈsʌɪzməɡraf/, U.S.

/ˈsaɪzməˌɡræf/

Forms: Also sismograph.

Etymology: < seismo- comb. form + -graph comb. form. Compare Italian sismografo (Palmieri), French sismographe.

An instrument for recording automatically the phenomena of earthquakes.

ΚΠ

1858 C. V. Walker tr. A. de la Rive Treat. Electr. III. 508 An apparatus..which he [Palmieri] has designated, under the name of Electro-magnetic Seismograph.

1862 Times 6 Jan. 10/2 How long the eruption might continue Palmieri had no means of calculating; it was going on as violently as ever, and his sismograph was always registering.

1887 G. H. Darwin in Fortn. Rev. Feb. 262 Instruments by which the motion of the ground during an earthquake is recorded on an accurate scale of time..are called seismographs, or recording seismometers.

in extended use.1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie III. xi. 176 His soul..like a delicate spiritual seismograph, responded at once to the least tremble of a neighbouring soul.attributive.1904 Brownell Heart Japan xxvi. 88/2 Thousands of seismograph records.

Derivatives

ˈseismograph v. (intransitive) to study (a region) by means of seismography; to prospect for oil by seismic methods.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (intransitive)] > prospect for oil or gas

seismograph1940

society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (transitive)] > prospect for oil or gas

seismograph1940

1940 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining & Metall. Engineers 138 305 (heading) Continuous profiling method of seismographing for oil structures.

1968 C. Helmericks Down Wild River North xxvi. 423 They go ‘seismographing’ right overland through the wilderness.

1969 J. W. Mavor Voy. Atlantis ix. 203 Dr Marinatos suggested we seismograph the whole field in order to determine whether the Minoan layer was relatively level and therefore a logical town site.

seisˈmographer n. a seismologist.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Seismographer,..same as seismologist.

seismoˈgraphic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > geophysics > [adjective] > seismology

seismological1850

seismographic1858

seismometric1858

seismometrical1885

seismologic1904

1858 Mallet in Rep. Brit. Assoc. i. Pl. 11 Seismographic Map of the World.

1905 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 310 Mr. Oldham distinguishes three types of pulsation in the seismographic records of distant shocks.

seismoˈgraphical adj. connected with, furnished by, or relating to a seismograph; of or relating to seismography.

seismoˈgraphically adv. figurative in quot. 1964.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > geophysics > [adverb] > seismology

seismologically1891

seismographically1925

1925 M. Mühlberg in I. A. Stigand Outl. Occurrence & Geol. of Petroleum 218 The times of arrival are recorded seismographically.

1964 New Statesman 10 Apr. 577/1 In the quintessential Hanley lodging-house, every creak or whisper registered seismographically.

seisˈmography n. the descriptive science of earthquakes; the use of the seismograph in recording disturbances of the crust of the earth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > geophysics > [noun] > seismology

seismology1858

seismography1865

teleseismology1922

1865 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms (ed. 2) 402 Seismography.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	seismograph
释义	seismographn.v. Brit. /ˈsʌɪzməɡrɑːf/, /ˈsʌɪzməɡraf/, U.S. /ˈsaɪzməˌɡræf/ Forms: Also sismograph. Etymology: < seismo- comb. form + -graph comb. form. Compare Italian sismografo (Palmieri), French sismographe. An instrument for recording automatically the phenomena of earthquakes. ΚΠ 1858 C. V. Walker tr. A. de la Rive Treat. Electr. III. 508 An apparatus..which he [Palmieri] has designated, under the name of Electro-magnetic Seismograph. 1862 Times 6 Jan. 10/2 How long the eruption might continue Palmieri had no means of calculating; it was going on as violently as ever, and his sismograph was always registering. 1887 G. H. Darwin in Fortn. Rev. Feb. 262 Instruments by which the motion of the ground during an earthquake is recorded on an accurate scale of time..are called seismographs, or recording seismometers. in extended use.1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie III. xi. 176 His soul..like a delicate spiritual seismograph, responded at once to the least tremble of a neighbouring soul.attributive.1904 Brownell Heart Japan xxvi. 88/2 Thousands of seismograph records. Derivatives ˈseismograph v. (intransitive) to study (a region) by means of seismography; to prospect for oil by seismic methods. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (intransitive)] > prospect for oil or gas seismograph1940 society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (transitive)] > prospect for oil or gas seismograph1940 1940 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining & Metall. Engineers 138 305 (heading) Continuous profiling method of seismographing for oil structures. 1968 C. Helmericks Down Wild River North xxvi. 423 They go ‘seismographing’ right overland through the wilderness. 1969 J. W. Mavor Voy. Atlantis ix. 203 Dr Marinatos suggested we seismograph the whole field in order to determine whether the Minoan layer was relatively level and therefore a logical town site. seisˈmographer n. a seismologist. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Seismographer,..same as seismologist. seismoˈgraphic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > geophysics > [adjective] > seismology seismological1850 seismographic1858 seismometric1858 seismometrical1885 seismologic1904 1858 Mallet in Rep. Brit. Assoc. i. Pl. 11 Seismographic Map of the World. 1905 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 310 Mr. Oldham distinguishes three types of pulsation in the seismographic records of distant shocks. seismoˈgraphical adj. connected with, furnished by, or relating to a seismograph; of or relating to seismography. seismoˈgraphically adv. figurative in quot. 1964. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > geophysics > [adverb] > seismology seismologically1891 seismographically1925 1925 M. Mühlberg in I. A. Stigand Outl. Occurrence & Geol. of Petroleum 218 The times of arrival are recorded seismographically. 1964 New Statesman 10 Apr. 577/1 In the quintessential Hanley lodging-house, every creak or whisper registered seismographically. seisˈmography n. the descriptive science of earthquakes; the use of the seismograph in recording disturbances of the crust of the earth. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > geophysics > [noun] > seismology seismology1858 seismography1865 teleseismology1922 1865 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms (ed. 2) 402 Seismography. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.v.1858
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