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aseismic

aseismic

1 8.6
Does not move or break in earthquakes and does not cause them
  • adjective
  • /eɪˈsaɪzmɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : aseísmico
  • In the geological study, they identified several aseismic zones that showed no signs of earthquake activity.

Examples

  • The city's aseismic design approach helped minimize damage during even the strongest seismic activity.

  • The lunar surface is demonstrably stable, the Moon is for all practical purposes aseismic, and with fiber-optic links, baselines of hundreds or thousands of kilometers should be possible.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The engineers installed aseismic foundations to ensure the building would remain standing during any earthquake.

Antonyms

seismic
  • Specialized
58 4.9

Relating to earthquakes or very large changes

How Seismic

seismic
  • Specialized
58 4.9
aseismic
  • Specialized
1 8.6
stable
473 2.3

Surface Forms

aseismic positive

Morphology

aseismic = seismic (semi-transparent) = a + seism + ic

The meaning is a direct negation of 'seismic', but the privative prefix 'a-' is a relatively specialized scientific pattern rather than an everyday English prefix.

Etymology

Aseismic comes from the prefix a- meaning 'not' and seismic, which comes from a word for 'shake' or 'earthquake', so it means 'not shaken' or 'without earthquakes'.