geophone
noun
geo·phone ˈjē-ə-ˌfōn 
: an instrument for detecting vibrations passing through rocks, soil, or ice
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Every Raspberry Shake, including the most popular Raspberry Shake 1D, comes equipped with a geophone that measures the vertical component of seismic waves. 
Alka Tripathy-lang, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2020 Raspberry Shake solves this problem by combining a vertical-component geophone with accelerometers in the Raspberry Shake 4D. Alka Tripathy-lang, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2020 To conduct the study, the researchers planted devices known as geophones near wild elephants in Kenya. Douglas Quenqua, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2018 The idea is that Fluid can be used to quickly narrow down the location of any water losses, allowing operators using geophones to pinpoint the exact site. The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018 The scientists placed geophones, which convert ground vibrations into electronic signals, near the stomping grounds of wild elephants in Kenya. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 9 May 2018 Like seismographs, geophones convert ground vibrations into measurable electronic signals, but are smaller, lighter and better suited to field work. Douglas Quenqua, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2018 That observation argues for the installation of permanent geophone networks in tourist areas around the Dead Sea. The Economist, 13 Dec. 2017 The geophones record the scattering and reflection of vibrations to image underground structures, and tease out problems that may lay under the surface. Maya Wei-haas, Smithsonian, 7 Feb. 2017 See More
Alka Tripathy-lang, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2020 Raspberry Shake solves this problem by combining a vertical-component geophone with accelerometers in the Raspberry Shake 4D. Alka Tripathy-lang, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2020 To conduct the study, the researchers planted devices known as geophones near wild elephants in Kenya. Douglas Quenqua, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2018 The idea is that Fluid can be used to quickly narrow down the location of any water losses, allowing operators using geophones to pinpoint the exact site. The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018 The scientists placed geophones, which convert ground vibrations into electronic signals, near the stomping grounds of wild elephants in Kenya. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 9 May 2018 Like seismographs, geophones convert ground vibrations into measurable electronic signals, but are smaller, lighter and better suited to field work. Douglas Quenqua, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2018 That observation argues for the installation of permanent geophone networks in tourist areas around the Dead Sea. The Economist, 13 Dec. 2017 The geophones record the scattering and reflection of vibrations to image underground structures, and tease out problems that may lay under the surface. Maya Wei-haas, Smithsonian, 7 Feb. 2017 See More Word History
First Known Use
1919, in the meaning defined above
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Rocky Mountain oyster
- rocky mountain red cedar
- Rocky Mountain sheep
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Rocky Mountain white oak
- Rocky Mountain white pine
- Rocky Mountain whitefish
- Rocky Mountain willow
- Rocky Mountains
- rocky road
- rococo
- rococos
- rocombole
- rocou
- rocroies
- rocrois
- rocs
- rod
- rod adaptation
- rod breaker
- rod cell
- rod epithelium
- rod fiber
- rod granule