How to pronounce seismograph
American English pronunciation
SYZ-muh-graf
- IPA
- /ˈsaɪzməˌɡɹæf/
- Syllables
- SYZ · muh · graf (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What seismograph means
A machine that records how hard the ground shakes
In a sentence: The scientists checked the seismograph to see how strong the earthquake was.
Where it comes from: It joins seismo-, from a Greek word for "shaking," with -graph, which means "something that writes or records."
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