SEISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seism mean? 

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

1. shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

earthquake; quake; seism; temblor

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

geological phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth)

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

seismic disturbance; shock (an instance of agitation of the earth's crust)

earth tremor; microseism; tremor (a small earthquake)

seaquake; submarine earthquake (an earthquake at the sea bed)

Derivation:

seismal; seismic (subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration)