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piezoelectric detector
An instrument used to measure seismic activity; made up of a stack of piezoelectric crystals with intervening metal foils that collect charges produced on the crystal faces when the crystals are strained by pressure from an inertial mass mounted above the stack.
This entry is located in the following units: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 97) piezo-, piez- + (page 1) teg-, tecto-, tect- (page 1)