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单词 seism
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seismn.

Brit. /ˈsʌɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈsaɪzəm/
Etymology: < Greek σεισμός: see seismic adj. Compare French sisme.
rare.
An earthquake.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [noun] > earthquake
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1883 J. Milne Earthquakes (1886) i. 9 To be consistent with a Greek basis for seismological terminology, some writers have thrown aside the familiar expression ‘earthquake’, and substituted the awkward word ‘seism’.
1904 C. E. Dutton Earthquakes xiv. 238 The average intensity of the quakes or ‘seisms’ as De Montessus terms them.
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