seismogram

[ sahyz-muh-gram, sahys- ]

noun

1. a record made by a seismograph.

seismogram

/ sīz′mə-grăm′ /

1. The record that is produced by a seismograph.

Word History and Origins

Origin of seismogram¹

First recorded in 1890–95; seismo- + -gram ¹

Example Sentences

The magnitude 7.8 ShakeOut quake would be more than 12 times bigger than the Northridge quake as measured on a seismogram.

From Los Angeles Times

He added: "The seismogram signals from each event are almost identical to each other."

From BBC

Whereas the seismogram from the Beast Quake clearly measured the ground shaking from an enthusiastic fan base over a 60-second period, seismologists say concerts are a little trickier.

From Seattle Times

“You might expect to see a flat line on the seismogram, but motion is always there,” said Steve Caron, 54, a business systems analyst and citizen scientist who streams his device’s live data on YouTube from Chino Hills, Calif. The seismogram Caron refers to is a recording of the ground’s movements, via a graph that shows time on its horizontal axis, and ground displacement on its vertical axis, usually measured in nanometers.

From New York Times

Gravitational signals show up on seismometers before the arrival of the first seismic waves, in a portion of the seismogram that’s traditionally ignored.

From Science Magazine