seismological
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7.1
- adjective
- /ˌsaɪzməˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
- Specialized
- They are acoustic shock waves, like tsunamis, but with no apparent seismological source.
- Seismological Society
- Seismological Society of America
- Seismological Laboratory
Examples
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In addition, there are a number of plug-ins developed for the GeoTime 3 GIS to study seismological processes.
Academic text (2018) -
The local seismological bureau has given four reasons why the death toll is higher in Yilang County.
Blog text (23) -
But it made seismological history.
Academic text (1993) -
We're researchers from the British Seismological...
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Logan made a mental note to tap the world seismological database as soon as they reached shore.
Fiction book (1990) -
A flurry of e-mails and a New Year's Eve conference call from Lay to his colleagues soon initiated a collective effort from the seismological community to analyze what happened.
Academic text (2006) -
The Indian seismological center mentions a magnitude 5.0 earthquake in the Shahdol region of Madhya Pradesh.
Blog text (11) -
Seismological instruments detect tremors in the earth, hydroacoustic devices pick up the waterborne sound waves, and infrasound equipment monitors atmospheric sound waves.
Academic text (2000) -
The Landers data, recording unmistakably abrupt increases in seismic activity at 14 distant sites in the immediate aftermath of the big earthquake, have forced upon the seismological community the first evidence for remote triggering that cannot be explained away as coincidence.
Academic text (1993) -
The local seismological bureau has issued a report on the recent earthquake activity in the region.
Synonyms
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4.9
Relating to earthquakes or very large changes
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7.9
Relating to earthquakes and movement of the ground
Relating to earthquakes or strong ground shaking
Surface Forms
Morphology
seismological = seismology (transparent) = seism + ology + al
The word is a standard adjective formed from the noun 'seismology' with the suffix '-al', so the meaning is directly recoverable from the base.
Etymology
The word seismological comes from the root seismo- meaning 'shake' or 'earthquake' and the part -logical meaning 'study'. You see seismo- in words like seismic and seismograph, both about quakes, so seismological means 'relating to the study of earthquakes'.