seismography
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- noun
- /saɪzˈmɒɡrəfi/
- Specialized
- Modern seismography can distinguish between natural earthquakes and underground explosions.
Examples
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The seismography recorded the earthquake's intensity accurately.
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Before the development of seismography, earthquakes were difficult to study scientifically.
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Advances in seismography have enabled scientists to detect even the slightest tremors.
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Scientists use seismography to predict earthquakes.
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The study of seismography is crucial for understanding how earthquakes occur.
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Using seismography, scientists can record the subtle movements of the Earth's crust.
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Students in the geology class learned about seismography and its importance in earthquake research.
Surface Forms
Morphology
seismography = seism + graphy
The term is a learned scientific formation whose meaning is compositionally recoverable from 'seism' and '-graphy'.
Etymology
Seismography comes from Greek parts seismo meaning 'shake' or 'earthquake' and -graphy meaning 'writing' or 'recording', like the -graphy in photography. So seismography is 'recording earth movements', which explains why it means the scientific measuring and recording of earthquakes.