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EARTH TREMOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small earthquake
Synonyms:
earth tremor; microseism; tremor
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("earth tremor" is a kind of...):
earthquake; quake; seism; temblor (shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "earth tremor"):
aftershock (a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake)
foreshock (a tremor preceding an earthquake)
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