seismograph
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Devices such as an electroencephalogram (EEG) — a net of electrodes placed on the scalp — can detect these fluctuations and graph them as sinuous lines similar to those drawn by a seismograph. — Quanta Magazine, "The Beasts That Keep the Beat," 22 Mar. 2016 Weiss added, noting that there are 80 observation stations and some 300 seismographs poised to pinpoint clandestine nuclear weapons tests anywhere around the world. — John Fialka, Scientific American, "Mystery Solved: Warming Superpollutant Tracked to China," 23 May 2019 In a sense, Curiosity is the older sibling to InSight, the new rover that recently deployed a seismograph into the planet's surface. — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, "Without question, these are 2018’s best space books for kids," 29 Dec. 2018 This modern two-bedroom, two-bathroom residence was designed by Rob Paulus Architects for a local astronomer and completed back in 2010, hence the observatory, telescope, and seismograph that dot the five-acre property. — Alex Bazeley, Curbed, "Sleek desert home with a window to the heavens asks $495K," 12 July 2018 The principal instruments on board the spacecraft include the first ever seismographs placed directly on the surface of Mars. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, "NASA's InSight Lander Is About to Give Mars its First Health Checkup in 4.5 Billion Years," 4 May 2018 In 150 years, the soundings of Britons' feelings for the monarchy have fluctuated like a seismograph chart. — Patt Morrison, latimes.com, "After centuries of practice, Britain's royals figure out how to turn a wedding into a global watch party," 17 May 2018 Not so in soloist Paul Jacobs’ magisterial playing of the organ part, which built to a thrilling roar of low pedal sonority in the final pages that must have set off every seismograph in the state. — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, "Violinist Faust, in a brilliant CSO debut, makes convincing case for flawed Schumann rarity," 12 May 2018 Researchers developed formulas to decipher a nuclear explosion’s size — also known as its yield — and its location from the wiggles of a seismograph. — Rachel Becker, The Verge, "Meet the scientists keeping a global watch for nuclear explosions," 9 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'seismograph.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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