seismoscope
/sahyz-muh-skohp, sahys-/US // ˈsaɪz məˌskoʊp, ˈsaɪs- //UK // (ˈsaɪzməˌskəʊp) //
地震仪,地震观测仪,地震监测仪,地震镜
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an instrument for recording the occurrence or time of an earthquake.
Examples
First is the seismoscope, which will merely detect and record the fact that there has been such a tremor.
The word seismoscope is a compound word from Greek consisting of the two words, seism and scope.
In other words, a seismoscope is any instrument capable of calling attention only to an earth-shake.
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