seismograaf

Dutch

Etymology

From one of the cognates in English seismograph, French séismographe or German Seismograph, all from the Italian geophysicist Palmieri's neologism (circa 1850) sismografo, from Greek roots.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːf
• Hyphenation: seis‧mo‧graaf

Noun

seismograaf m (plural seismografen, diminutive seismograafje n)

1. a seismograph, scientific device to read and record seismic vibrations

Related terms

• seismografie
• seismografisch
• seismogram m
• seismologie
• seismometer m
• seisme n
• seismisch