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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geophone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
geo-phone
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of microphone that detects and records seismic vibrations.

noun

A percussion instrument consisting of a drum filled with pellets, played by swirling it around to produce a sound like shifting earth.

Etymology

From geo- + -phone.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

geophones (plural)

Questions

What does geophone mean?
A form of microphone that detects and records seismic vibrations.
Where does geophone come from?
From geo- + -phone.

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