creepmeter

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noun

An instrument that monitors the slow surface displacement of an active geologic fault in the earth.

OriginEnglish creep ← Middle English crepen ← Old English crēopan →
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Meanings

nouncreepmeter (plural creepmeters)

plural creepmeters

  1. geographyAn instrument that monitors the slow surface displacement of an active geologic fault in the earth.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*grewbʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kreupaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kreupan
  4. Old Englishcrēopan
  5. Middle Englishcrepen
  6. Englishcreep
  7. Englishcreepmeter

From creep + -meter.

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APA

creepmeter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creepmeter

MLA

“creepmeter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creepmeter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “creepmeter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creepmeter.

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