MICROSEISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does microseism mean? 

• MICROSEISM (noun)
  The noun MICROSEISM has 1 sense:

1. a small earthquake

  Familiarity information: MICROSEISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROSEISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small earthquake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

earth tremor; microseism; tremor

Hypernyms ("microseism" is a kind of...):

earthquake; quake; seism; temblor (shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "microseism"):

aftershock (a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake)

foreshock (a tremor preceding an earthquake)