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helioseismology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 2012, T. L. Duvall, Jr., S. M. Hanasoge, Subsurface Supergranular Vertical Flows as Measured Using Large Distance Separations in Time-Distance Helioseismology, Solar Physics, reprinted in 2014, Nagi N. Mansour, Alexander G. Kosovichev, Rudolf Komm, Dana Longcope (editors), Solar Dynamics and Magnetism from the Interior to the Atmosphere, Springer, page 71, We find that the large-separation travel times associated with supergranulation cannot be studied using the standard phase-speed filters of time–distance helioseismology.

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh2wl̥ Proto-Indo-European *sh2wél(i)yos Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos) English helio- English seismology English helioseismology From helio- + seismology.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: helioseismologia — the study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun
  • German: Helioseismologie — the study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun
  • Icelandic: sólskjálftafræði — the study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun
  • Italian: eliosismologia — the study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun
  • Persian: هورلرزهشناسی (hurlarze-šenâsi) — the study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun
  • Portuguese: heliossismologia — the study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun
  • Romanian: helioseismologie — the study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun
  • Russian: гелиосейсмология (geliosejsmologija) — the study of the propagation of pressure waves in the Sun