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SEISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
Synonyms:
earthquake; quake; seism; temblor
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("seism" is a kind of...):
geological phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seism"):
seismic disturbance; shock (an instance of agitation of the earth's crust)
earth tremor; microseism; tremor (a small earthquake)
seaquake; submarine earthquake (an earthquake at the sea bed)
Derivation:
seismal; seismic (subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration)