seismology

English

Three different types of seismic fault.

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Etymology

From seismo- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /saɪzˈmɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/, /saɪs.ˈmɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /saɪzˈmɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/, /saɪs.ˈmɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

seismology (uncountable)

1. The study of the vibration of the Earth's interior caused by natural and unnatural sources, such as earthquakes.

Hyponyms

• astroseismology
• geoseismology
• helioseismology
• kronoseismology
• selenoseismology

 

Derived terms

• archaeoseismology
• asteroseismology
• asterseismology
• astroseismology
• helioseismology
• kronoseismology
• microseismology
• paleoseismology
• seismologic
• seismological
• seismologist
• teleseismology

 

Related terms

• seismic

Translations

the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior

• Arabic: عِلْم اَلزَّلَازِل m (ʕilm az-zalāzil)
• Azerbaijani: zəlzələşünaslıq
• Bulgarian: сеизмология f (seizmologija)
• Catalan: sismologia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地震學／地震学 (zh) (dìzhènxué)

• Czech: seismologie f, seizmologie (cs) f
• Dutch: seismologie (nl) f
• Finnish: seismologia (fi)
• French: sismologie (fr) f, séismologie (fr) f
• Galician: sismoloxía f
• German: Seismologie (de) f
• Greek: σεισμολογία (el) f (seismología)
• Hebrew: סייסמולוגיה (he)
• Hungarian: szeizmológia (hu), földrengéstan (hu)
• Icelandic: jarðskjálftafræði (is) f, skjálftafræði f
• Indonesian: seismologi (id)
• Irish: seismeolaíocht f
• Italian: sismologia (it) f
• Japanese: 地震学 (ja) (じしんがく, jishingaku)
• Khmer: រញ្ជួយដីវិទ្យា (rʊəñcuəy dəy vityie)
• Korean: 지진학(地震學) (ko) (jijinhak)
• Latin: seismologia f
• Latvian: seismoloģija f
• Lithuanian: seismologija f
• Maori: mātai rūwhenua
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seismologi m

  Nynorsk: seismologi m

• Persian: زلزله‌شناسی (zelzele-šenâsi)
• Polish: sejsmologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: sismologia f
• Romanian: seismologie (ro) f
• Russian: сейсмоло́гия (ru) f (sejsmológija)
• Spanish: sismología (es) f
• Tagalog: sismolohiya
• Tajik: зилзилашиносӣ (zilzilašinosi)
• Turkish: sismoloji (tr)
• Ukrainian: сейсмоло́гія f (sejsmolóhija)
• Uzbek: zilzilashunoslik (uz)
• Vietnamese: địa chấn học (地震學)