noun
Meaning 1
A shaking of the Earth's surface; an earthquake or tremor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
seism
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: earthquake, quake, temblor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geological phenomenon
Narrower terms: shock, seismic disturbance, tremor, earth tremor, microseism, seaquake, submarine earthquake
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós, “shaking; earthquake”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Galician: sismo — shaking of the earth
- Greek: σεισμός (seismós) — shaking of the earth
- Italian: sisma — shaking of the earth
- Portuguese: sismo — shaking of the earth
- Romanian: seism — shaking of the earth
- Spanish: sismo — shaking of the earth
- Spanish: seísmo — shaking of the earth
- Ottoman Turkish: زلزله (zelzele) — shaking of the earth