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SEISMOGRAPH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("seismograph" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)