seism

seism

S0220600 (sī′zəm)n. See earthquake.

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[Greek seismos, from seiein, to shake.]

seism

(ˈsaɪzəm) n (Geological Science) a less common name for earthquake[C19: from Greek seismos, from seiein to shake]

seismism, seism

an earthquake. — seismic, adj.See also: Earthquakes

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

seism - shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activityearthquake, quake, temblorseismic disturbance, shock - an instance of agitation of the earth's crust; "the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch"earth tremor, microseism, tremor - a small earthquakeseaquake, submarine earthquake - an earthquake at the sea bedgeological phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth

seism

nounA shaking of the earth:earthquake, quake, temblor, tremblor, tremor.Informal: shake.

Translations

seísmosismoterremoto