SEISMOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seismology mean? 

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

1. the branch of geology that studies earthquakes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEISMOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of geology that studies earthquakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

geophysical science; geophysics (geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth)

Derivation:

seismologic; seismological (of or concerned with seismology)

seismologist (a geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth)

 Context examples 

"There is a huge need for seafloor seismology," said Nate Lindsey of UC Berkeley, lead author of the paper.

(Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network, National Science Foundation)

It has long been believed that Earth has a solid iron core but no proof has ever been found and it has been heralded as the 'holy grail' of global seismology.

(Earth's Core Confirmed to Be Solid After 80 Years of Study, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)