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Seismograph vs Seismometer - What's the difference?

seismograph | seismometer |

As nouns the difference between seismograph and seismometer

is that seismograph is an instrument that automatically detects and records the intensity, direction and duration of earthquakes and similar events while seismometer is a device used by seismologists to detect and measure seismic waves and therefore locate earthquakes etc; a seismograph.

seismograph

English

Noun

(wikipedia seismograph) (en noun)
  • An instrument that automatically detects and records the intensity, direction and duration of earthquakes and similar events.

    • Related terms

    * seismogram

    seismometer

    English

    (wikipedia seismometer) (versity)

    Alternative forms

    * seismometre (nonstandard)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A device used by seismologists to detect and measure seismic waves and therefore locate earthquakes etc; a seismograph.
  • * 2003 , (Bill Bryson), A Short History of Nearly Everything (BCA), page 205:
    • Despite the Hebgen Lake quake and the other known risks, Yellowstone didn't get permanent seismometers until the 1970s.

    Related terms

    * seismometric * seismometry