seismometer
noun
seis·mom·e·ter
sīz-ˈmä-mə-tər 
sīs-
: a seismograph measuring the actual movements of the ground (as on the earth or the moon)
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The science payload to be landed there includes seismometers, a drill to allow emplacement of heat flow and electrical conductivity probes, and instruments to study the magnetic field and surface weathering.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
Knowing the travel speed of the seismic waves and timing their arrival along an array of 600 seismometers, the researchers collected a vast quantity of data on Yellowstone’s underground.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Much of this geological history has become apparent only in the past decade or so, after scientists blanketed the United States with seismometers and other instruments to illuminate geological structures hidden deep in Earth’s crust.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
The work relied on the seismometer network’s observations of more than 200 earthquakes, each of which produced multiple types of seismic waves.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
Knowing the travel speed of the seismic waves and timing their arrival along an array of 600 seismometers, the researchers collected a vast quantity of data on Yellowstone’s underground.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Much of this geological history has become apparent only in the past decade or so, after scientists blanketed the United States with seismometers and other instruments to illuminate geological structures hidden deep in Earth’s crust.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
The work relied on the seismometer network’s observations of more than 200 earthquakes, each of which produced multiple types of seismic waves.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Seismometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seismometer. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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seismometer
noun
seis·mom·e·ter
sīz-ˈmäm-ət-ər
sīs-
: a seismograph that measures the actual movements of the ground
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