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An instrument that detects and measures ground motion, particularly seismic waves.
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- seismometer array
- seismometer signal
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A seismometer detected movement below the station.
The team buried the seismometer away from machinery.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular seismometer; plural seismometers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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