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Definition of "seismogram" []

  • The record of an earth tremor made by a seismograph. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "seismogram" in a sentence
  • "The seismogram from the Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory is also nifty, when their webserver isn’t swamped!"
  • "Earthquake waves are recorded by a seismograph and the recording of waves on paper is called seismogram"
  • "The first indication of a nuclear explosion is when the actual seismogram differs from typical seismograms found in the region."