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seism

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" [2]This is an active research area and seismologists have a lot of interesting questions to figure out.

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shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

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noun

shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for seism.

noun

shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

See also: earthquake, quake, temblor

Example sentences

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" [2]This is an active research area and seismologists have a lot of interesting questions to figure out.

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I think a careful seismologist would say "we aren't predicting one".The Tohoku earthquake in Japan for example wasn't predicted.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use seism in a sentence?

" [2]This is an active research area and seismologists have a lot of interesting questions to figure out.

What does seism mean?

shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

What part of speech is seism?

seism is commonly used as noun.