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View synonyms for seism
seism
[ sahy-zuhm, -suhm ]
noun
- an earthquake.
seism
/ ˈsaɪzəm /
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of seism1
C19: from Greek seismos, from seiein to shake
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Example Sentences
Watch this clip of the real-time seism—look closely or you might mistake it for a gust of wind.
From The Daily Beast
The word seismoscope is a compound word from Greek consisting of the two words, seism and scope.
From Project Gutenberg
It means literally any instrument capable of seeing, or calling attention to, a seism, or earth-shake.
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