accelerograph

noun

ac·cel·ero·graph | \ -rəˌgraf \

plural -s

Definition of accelerograph

1 : an apparatus for measuring and recording the pressure developed by combustion of an explosive in a closed space

2 : an instrument for recording the acceleration in velocity of earthquake vibrations

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The first known use of accelerograph was in 1875

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