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Seismic   /sˈaɪzmɪk/   Listen
adjective
Seismal, Seismic  adj.  Of or pertaining to an earthquake; caused by an earthquake.
Seismic vertical, the point upon the earth's surface vertically over the center of effort or focal point whence the earthquake's impulse proceeds, or the vertical line connecting these two points.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Seismic" Quotes from Famous Books



... high interior; frequent blizzards form near the foot of the plateau; cyclonic storms form over the ocean and move clockwise along the coast; volcanism on Deception Island and isolated areas of West Antarctica; other seismic ...
— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... Associated Words: seismology, seismic, seismography, seismometry, seismal, seismometer, seismograph, seismogram, seismoscope, microseism, microseismic, ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming

... room still shaking Mr. Van Dorn's hand, and still roaring, "Well, say!" In the outer office he waved a gracious hand at Miss Mauling and cried, "Three sugars, please, Sadie—that will do for cream!" and went laughing his seismic laugh ...
— In the Heart of a Fool • William Allen White

... that he could not have seen me. In the pantry he lifted the trap-door, and descended still further into the vaults beneath the house. Ah, the vaults,—the long, the tortuous, the darksome vaults,—how had I forgotten them? Still I followed, rent by seismic shocks of terror. I had not forgotten the weapon: could I creep near enough, I felt that I might plunge it into the marrow of his back. He opened the iron door of the first vault and passed in. If I could lock him in?—but he held the key. On and ...
— Prince Zaleski • M.P. Shiel



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