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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The measurement and recording of earthquakes and other ground vibrations. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the measurement of tremors and shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes wordnet
3. 3
   The study of these records, seismology. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From seismo- + -graphy.

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