EGAVE

geophone

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A form of microphone that detects and records seismic vibrations.
  2. noun A percussion instrument consisting of a drum filled with pellets, played by swirling it around to produce a sound like shifting earth.

Similar words

geosensor gravimeter geolocator ground failure graphone gramophone georadar geognost gobo geotech

Often followed by

is and array spread arrays at to in groups

Word family

geophones

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