Associations to the word «Seismograph»

Wiktionary

SEISMOGRAPH, noun. An instrument that automatically detects and records the intensity, direction and duration of earthquakes and similar events.

Dictionary definition

SEISMOGRAPH, noun. A measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake).

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis