SEISMOGRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seismogram mean? 

• SEISMOGRAM (noun)
  The noun SEISMOGRAM has 1 sense:

1. the graphical record of an earth tremor made by using a seismograph

  Familiarity information: SEISMOGRAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEISMOGRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The graphical record of an earth tremor made by using a seismograph

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("seismogram" is a kind of...):

graph; graphical record; graphical recording (a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes)

 Context examples 

'We're throwing away the first three hours of the seismogram and what we're looking at is between three and 10 hours after a large earthquake happens,' Dr Tkalcic said.

(Earth's Core Confirmed to Be Solid After 80 Years of Study, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)