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Geophone vs Accelerometer - What's the difference?

geophone | accelerometer |

As nouns the difference between geophone and accelerometer

is that geophone is a form of microphone that detects and records seismic vibrations while accelerometer is an instrument for measuring acceleration.

geophone

English

Noun

(wikipedia geophone) (en noun)
  • (geology) A form of microphone that detects and records seismic vibrations

    • accelerometer

    English

    (wikipedia accelerometer)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instrument for measuring acceleration.
  • An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.