| Pronunciation: | 'sIzum | ||
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| Matching Terms: | seise, seisin, seismal, seismic, seismic disturbance, seismic reflection profiler, seismogram, seismograph, seismographic, seismography, seismologic, seismological, seismologist, seismology, seismometer, seismometric, seismometry, seismosaur, seismosaurus, seismoscope | ||
| Definition: | [n] shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity | ||
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| Synonyms: | earthquake, quake, temblor | ||
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| See Also: | earth tremor, geological phenomenon, microseism, seaquake, seismic disturbance, shock, submarine earthquake, tremor | ||
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