tromometern.
/trəʊˈmɒmɪtə/ An instrument for measuring or detecting faint earth-tremors.
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1878 Nature 12 Sept. 533/1 The instruments, particularly the tromometer, were continually agitated.
1887 G. H. Darwin in Fortn. Rev. Feb. 271 The ‘normal tromometer’ of Bertelli..is a simple pendulum,..with an arrangement for observing the dance of the pendulum-bob with a microscope.
Derivatives
tromometric adj. /trɒməʊˈmɛtrɪk/ = tromometrical adj.
/trɒməʊˈmɛtrɪk/ = tromometrical adj.ΚΠ
1883 J. Milne in Trans. Seismol. Soc. Japan 7 i. 13 As to the cause of tromometric movements we have a field for speculation.
1901 Daily Record (Glasgow) 22 July 7 ‘Tromometric’ observations (states ‘Science Siftings’) have been made at the observatory near the summit of Mount Etna.
tromoˈmetrical adj. of or pertaining to the tromometer or its use.
tromometry n. /trəʊˈmɒmɪtrɪ/ the measuring of earth-tremors, the scientific use of the tromometer.
/trəʊˈmɒmɪtrɪ/ the measuring of earth-tremors, the scientific use of the tromometer.ΚΠ
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Tromometry.
1898 Nature 1 Dec. 104/2 The subject to which he [Rossi] devoted the greatest attention was perhaps tromometry, in connection with which he devised many instruments.
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