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sismógrafo

seismograph

noun sees-MOH-grah-foh Rare
Animals & Nature Environment

Origin: From Greek seismos ('earthquake') + grapho ('to write').

Usage Note

Sismógrafo is the instrument that records ground motion; the related noun sismólogo means 'seismologist' and the field is sismología. In everyday Spanish the word appears almost exclusively in news reports about earthquakes; the recorded output is called a sismograma.

Examples

"El sismógrafo registró un temblor leve."

Natural Translation

The seismograph recorded a slight tremor.

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