pleistoseistn.

Brit.

/ˌplʌɪstəˈsiːɪst/, U.S.

/ˌplaɪstəˈsiᵻst/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Pleistoseiste.

Etymology: < German Pleistoseiste ( K. von Seebach Mitteldeutsche Erdbeben 6. März 1872 (1873) 181) < ancient Greek πλεῖστος most (see Pleistocene adj. and n.) + ancient Greek σειστός shaken < ancient Greek σείειν to shake (see seismic adj.; compare Byzantine Greek σειστής, literally ‘shaker’ (denoting a kind of earthquake)) + -τός, suffix forming verbal adjectives. Compare German pleistoseist, adjective (1873 in the same source).

Seismology.

A line on a map or diagram marking the limit of the area of maximum disturbance in an earthquake; the area itself. Frequently attributive.

ΚΠ

1886 J. Milne Earthquakes i. 10 The isoseismic area in which the greatest disturbance has taken place is called the ‘meizoseismic area’. Seebach calls the lines enclosing this area ‘pleistoseists’.

1904 Science 16 Dec. 838/1 The intensity of a shock in the locus technically called the pleistoseist.

1968 Tectonophysics 6 19 Studies of the frequency..of the weak and ultra-weak earthquakes in the pleistoseist area.

2004 Doklady Earth Sci. 395 328 (title) The pleistoseist zone and tectonic position of the Chuya earthquake center in 2003.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pleistoseist
释义	pleistoseistn. Brit. /ˌplʌɪstəˈsiːɪst/, U.S. /ˌplaɪstəˈsiᵻst/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Pleistoseiste. Etymology: < German Pleistoseiste ( K. von Seebach Mitteldeutsche Erdbeben 6. März 1872 (1873) 181) < ancient Greek πλεῖστος most (see Pleistocene adj. and n.) + ancient Greek σειστός shaken < ancient Greek σείειν to shake (see seismic adj.; compare Byzantine Greek σειστής, literally ‘shaker’ (denoting a kind of earthquake)) + -τός, suffix forming verbal adjectives. Compare German pleistoseist, adjective (1873 in the same source). Seismology. A line on a map or diagram marking the limit of the area of maximum disturbance in an earthquake; the area itself. Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1886 J. Milne Earthquakes i. 10 The isoseismic area in which the greatest disturbance has taken place is called the ‘meizoseismic area’. Seebach calls the lines enclosing this area ‘pleistoseists’. 1904 Science 16 Dec. 838/1 The intensity of a shock in the locus technically called the pleistoseist. 1968 Tectonophysics 6 19 Studies of the frequency..of the weak and ultra-weak earthquakes in the pleistoseist area. 2004 Doklady Earth Sci. 395 328 (title) The pleistoseist zone and tectonic position of the Chuya earthquake center in 2003. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886
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