Tsunameter
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A piece of equipment used to detect tsunamis, deployed across the open ocean to form a network for the purpose of early warning.
"2004 December 28, Tom Paulson, "Tsunami warning system being developed in Seattle could avert disasters", Seattle Post-Intelligencer The tsunameter pioneered at the Seattle lab is actually a system — a sophisticated pressure gauge set on the ocean floor that sends signals to a surface buoy."
Example
More examples"2004 December 28, Tom Paulson, "Tsunami warning system being developed in Seattle could avert disasters", Seattle Post-Intelligencer The tsunameter pioneered at the Seattle lab is actually a system — a sophisticated pressure gauge set on the ocean floor that sends signals to a surface buoy."
Etymology
From tsunami + -meter.
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