Definitions for Geophone

Geophone ge·o·phone

Spelling: [jee-uh-fohn]
IPA: /ˈdʒi əˌfoʊn/

Geophone is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in Geophone (eeghnoop).

Definitions for Geophone

noun

  1. a device that is placed on or in the ground and used to detect seismic waves.

Origin of Geophone

First recorded in 1915-20; geo- + -phone

Examples for Geophone

"The vibrodyne machine isn't running," he remarked finally after repeated adjustments of the geophone.

At breakfast time, Thursday morning, just at the change of shift, the geophone expert reported voices.

The first geophone used by the western powers in the war was invented by the French.

Nothing at all of any value was being recorded by the geophone when Kennedy glanced quickly at his watch.

The geophone expert was at his bedside, waiting impatiently.

If the enemy were burrowing in the ground anywhere within a distance of 75 yards the geophone would tell about it.

"That's what the geophone man heard," Owens commented to the reporter.

We entered our bare little room and Kennedy set to work as though to detach the geophone, while I explained it to our client.

There was a tense five minutes as the geophone expert listened.

Word Value for Geophone
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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