the chart of an earthquake as recorded by a seismograph
Word origin
seismo- + -gram
seismogram in American English
(ˈsaizməˌɡræm, ˈsais-)
noun
a record made by a seismograph
Word origin
[1890–95; seismo- + -gram1]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blip, cholesterol, historicism, neoclassicism, plein-air-gram is a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “somethingwritten,” “drawing” (epigram; diagram). On this model, -gram is used in the formation of compound words (oscillogram)
Examples of 'seismogram' in a sentence
seismogram
Seismic signals are recorded in digital form together with analog seismogram for monitoring.
Ken-ichi Nagasaka, Katsutada Kaminuma, Kazuo Shibuya 1991, 'Seismological observations by a three-component boadband digital seismograph at SyowaStation, Antarctica', Antarctic Recordhttp://doi.org/10.15094/00008738. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We generate a synthetic seismogram and demonstrate its function by a numerical simulation.
Sanna Mönkölä 2016, 'On the Accuracy and Efficiency of Transient Spectral Element Models for Seismic WaveProblems', Advances in Mathematical Physicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9431583. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)