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Definition: Seismic |
SeismicAdjective1. Subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "seismic" was first used: 1858. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Geological | Of or having to do with earthquakes. (references) |
| Refers to earthquakes. (references) | |
Mining | A. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or produced by earthquakes or earth vibration; as, seismic disturbances; seismic records b. Pertaining to sound waves generated by earthquakes or artificially byexplosives to map subsurface structure. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| SES | English | Seismic Electric Signal | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: SeismicSynonym: seismal (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Seismic |
| English words defined with "seismic": quake ♦ seiche, seismic disturbance, Seismic vertical ♦ tremor. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "seismic": high-resolution seismic technique ♦ OBSERVER, SEISMIC PROSPECTING ♦ Seismic belt, seismic event, seismic gap, seismic moment, seismic reflection method, seismic reflection or refraction line, seismic refraction method, seismic wave, seismic waves, seismic zone, sonar boomer seismic system. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Seismic" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (seismic). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Lunar Seismic Experiments.Credit: NASA. |  | Stations used by Maurice Ewing in 1st offshore seismic reflection experiment Conducted on board C&GS Ship OCEANOGRAPHER Helped prove feasibility of measuring depth to basement rock from a ship Work done with C&GS because of radio acoustic ranging experience The beginning of offshore geophysical exploration.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Leased Bell 206 on Redoubt Volcano during seismic observation surveys by University of Alaska for OCSEAP.Credit: Flying With NOAA. |  | Bell UH-1M supporting seismic surveys on the Alaska Peninsula.Credit: Flying With NOAA. |
 | In the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes at Katmai National Park supporting seismic monitoring stations.Credit: Flying With NOAA. |  | At Katmai Crater conducting seismic monitoring studies.Credit: Flying With NOAA. |
 | Near eastern end of Lake Iliamna conducting seismic monitoring studies.Credit: Flying With NOAA. |  | Supporting seismic monitoring station on Alaska Peninsula in vicinity of Mount Pavlof.Credit: Flying With NOAA. |
 | Axial Volcano, site of an observatory that monitors seismic activity.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Andrew Berg talks with the Pulblic Lands Day tour group about a seismic hypothisis for the numerous mima mounds in the area.Credit: Mike Sweeney. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | It will be concluded early 2001, and is considering subjects as construction and operating costs, funding alternatives, seismic risks and environmental questions. (references) | |
Economic History | Gambia, The | Natural resources: Seismic studies indicate the possible presence of oil offshore. (references) |
Azerbaijan | In 2000, Caspian Geophysical expanded its services using 2D/3D seismic technology in shallow water and transition zones. (references) | |
Cote D'ivoire | There are also a number of onshore blocks for which the Chinese in conjunction with Petroci is shooting new seismic data. (references) | |
Trade | Chile | Those specific regulations are mostly pertinent to the seismic endurance of new constructions. (references) |
Bolivia | Machinery that will be re-exported, such as helicopters and seismic equipment, can be imported free of duty and taxes under the RITEX system, which allows for the temporary importation of equipment. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Seismic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.05% of the time. "Seismic" is used about 315 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.05% | 312 | 16,340 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.95% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 315 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "seismic": seismic disturbance ♦ seismic fault ♦ seismic method ♦ seismic origin ♦ seismic profile ♦ seismic pulse ♦ seismic record ♦ seismic recording ♦ seismic spread ♦ seismic vertical ♦ seismic wave. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "seismic": seismic-event, seismic-tomography. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "seismic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sizmik, tërmeti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ناشئ عن زلزال, زلزالي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сеизмичен, земетръсен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 地震 (earthquake, Microseismic, Quake, seismical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | seismický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | seismisk masse (seismic mass), seismisk arbejdshold (seismic crew), seismisk bølge (earth wave, earthquake wave, elastic wave, seismic wave), seismisk bane (seismic ray), seismisk bevægelse (seismic motion), seismisk boelge (seismic wave), seismisk hul (seismic gap), seismisk klasse I struktur (class I seismic structure), seismisk undersøgelse (seismic prospecting, seismic survey), seismisk profil (profile, seismic profile), seismisk puls (earth wave, earthquake wave, elastic wave, seismic pulse, seismic wave), seismisk reevaluering af kernekraftværker (seismic re-evaluation of nuclear power stations), seismisk refleksionsmåling (seismic prospecting, seismic survey), seismisk registrering (record, seismic record, seismic recording), seismisk spredning (seismic spread, seismometer spread, seismometre spread, spread), seismisk stråle (seismic ray), seismisk kabel (seismic cable), forkastning (fault, faulting, loose rock dump, rift, riprap, rip-rap, rock filling, seismic fault), jordskælvsbølge (earth wave, earthquake wave, elastic wave, seismic wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | seismografische bemanning (seismic crew), seismische straal (seismic ray), seismische opstelling (seismic spread, seismometer spread, seismometre spread, spread), seismische opname (record, seismic record, seismic recording), seismische massa (seismic mass), seismische kabel (seismic cable), seismische golf (earth wave, earthquake wave, elastic wave, seismic pulse, seismic wave), seismische discontinuiteit (seismic gap), seismische breuk (seismic fault), seismische beweging (seismic motion), seismisch profiel (profile, seismic profile), rekening houden met de gedragingen in geval van aardbevingen (consider seismic behaviour), herevaluatie van de aardschokbestendigheid van kerncentrales (seismic re-evaluation of nuclear power stations), bodemtrilling (seismic wave), aardbevingsgolf (earth wave, earthquake wave, elastic wave, seismic wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | متزلزل (Giddy, Insecure, Ramshackle, Shaky, Unstable), مرتعش (Quaker, Tremulous, Vibrant), وابسته به زمین لرزه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | seisminen säde (seismic ray), seisminen rekisteröinti (record, seismic record, seismic recording), seisminen profiili (profile, seismic profile), seisminen mittausryhmä (seismic crew), seisminen liike (seismic motion), seisminen kenttäryhmä (seismic crew), seisminen kaapeli (seismic cable), seisminen häiriö (seismic fault), seisminen aalto (earth wave, earthquake wave, elastic wave, seismic pulse, seismic wave), levitys (dispersal, seismic spread, seismometer spread, seismometre spread, spread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sismique (seismic prospecting, seismic survey), séismique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | seismisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σεισμικόσ (seismical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רעשי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szeizmikus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sismico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 震幅 (seismic amplitude), 異常震域 (region of anomalous seismic intensity), '太平洋地震帯 (circum-Pacific seismic zone), 地震地帯 (seismic part), 地震探鉱 (seismic mineral exploration), 地震波 (seismic wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | し"ぷく (admiration and devotion, amplitude, being convinced, chest and stomach, hearty submission, one's innermost being, seismic amplitude, swing of pendulum, vassalage), か"たいへいようじし"たい (circum-Pacific seismic zone), いじょうし"いき (region of anomalous seismic intensity), じし"た""う (seismic mineral exploration), じし"は (seismic wave), じし"ちたい (seismic part). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 지진 (earthquake, seism, seismical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thalloo-chraagh, seismagh, craa-hallooinagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eismicsay sísmico. (various references) seismic. (various references) сейсмический (seismical). (various references) seizmički, zemljotresni, trusni, potresni. (various references) sísmico. (various references) jordbävnings-. (various references) ใหญ่โต (คำไม่เป็นทางการ), เกี่ยวกับแผ่น"ินไหว. (various references) sismik (seism-), depremle ilgili (seism-). (various references) сейсмічний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | seismos. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "seismic": seismically, seismicities, seismicity. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "seismic": microseismic. (additional references) | |
Words containing "seismic": microseismicities, microseismicity. (additional references) | |
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"Seismic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aseismic, seismec, seismo, seismoc, seizmic, sericic, siesmic, simic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "seismic" (pronounced sī"zmik) |
| 4 | -z m i k | cataclysmic, cosmic, cytoplasmic, organismic. |
| 3 | -m i k | academic, aerodynamic, anemic, atomic, autonomic, bulimic, ceramic, comic, diatomic, dynamic, economic, electrodynamic, endemic, endothermic, epidemic, ergonomic, exothermic, formic, gastronomic, gimmick, gnomic, hemodynamic, hypodermic, hypoglycemic, hypothalamic, logarithmic, macroeconomic, microeconomic, mimic, monatomic, nonacademic, noneconomic, ophthalmic, pandemic, panoramic, patronymic, photodynamic, polemic, psychodynamic, rhythmic, samek, socioeconomic, subatomic, systemic, tragicomic, uneconomic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-m-s-s" | |
-2 letters: issei, mesic, mises, seism, semis, sices. | |
-3 letters: cess, emic, ices, isms, mess, mice, mise, miss, secs, seis, semi, sice, sics, sims. | |
-4 letters: cis, ems, ess, ice, ism, mis, sec, sei, sic, sim, sis. | |
-5 letters: em, es, is, me, mi, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-m-s-s" | |
+1 letter: miscites. | |
+2 letters: casimires, dioecisms, ischemias, isocheims, isochimes, messianic, mischiefs, miscopies, misprices, scientism, scimiters, semiotics, simplices. | |
+3 letters: armistices, asceticism, chimerisms, cicisbeism, cramoisies, cretinisms, epicenisms, epicurisms, eroticisms, exoticisms, facsimiles, fetichisms, hemistichs, ischaemias, isometrics, microseism, miniscules, miscarries, mischoices, misdirects, mucosities, musicalise, poeticisms, reminisces, scepticism, scientisms, scrimpiest, seismicity, semeiotics, sicklemias, skepticism, specialism, speciesism, victimises, victimless. | |
+4 letters: asceticisms, biochemists, ceramicists, chemistries, chimaerisms, cicisbeisms, circumcises, disclaimers, disclimaxes, empiricisms, empiricists, erraticisms, esotericism, estheticism, exclusivism, impuissance, masculinise, microseisms, midsections, minicourses, mischievous, misdescribe, misericords, misstricken, musicalised, musicalises, musicalizes, pessimistic, polemicists, recidivisms, reminiscers, scepticisms, schismatize, seismically, semanticist, semicircles, semiclassic, semioticist, semitropics, septicemias, skepticisms, specialisms, speciesisms, spermicides, umbilicuses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 69 73 6D 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... . .. ... -- .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01101001 01110011 01101101 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e i s m i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 0069 0073 006D 0069 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53717585797569 |
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