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tromometer|trəʊˈmɒmɪtə(r)|
[f. Gr. τρόµος trembling + -meter.]
An instrument for measuring or detecting faint earth-tremors. Hence tromometric |trɒməʊˈmɛtrɪk|, tromoˈmetrical adjs., of or pertaining to the tromometer or its use; tromometry |trəʊˈmɒmɪtrɪ|, the measuring of earth-tremors, the scientific use of the tromometer.
1878Nature 12 Sept. 533/1 The instruments, particularly the tromometer, were continually agitated. 1883J. Milne in Trans. Seismol. Soc. Japan VII. i. 13 As to the cause of tromometric movements we have a field for speculation. 1887G. H. Darwin in Fortn. Rev. Feb. 271 The ‘normal tromometer’ of Bertelli..is a simple pendulum,..with an arrangement for observing the dance of the pendulum-bob with a microscope. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Tromometry. 1898Nature 1 Dec. 104/2 The subject to which he [Rossi] devoted the greatest attention was perhaps tromometry, in connection with which he devised many instruments. 1901Daily Record & Mail 22 July 7 ‘Tromometric’ observations (states ‘Science Siftings’) have been made at the observatory near the summit of Mount Etna. |