seismology

English

Three different types of seismic fault.

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Etymology

seismo- +‎ -logy

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /saɪzˈmɑlədʒi/
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

seismology (uncountable)

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

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of seismology

astroseismology
geoseismology

helioseismology

kronoseismology

selenoseismology

Derived terms

Terms derived from seismology

seismologic

seismological

seismologist

Related terms

seismic

Translations

the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior

Arabic: عِلْم اَلزَّلَازِل‎‎ m (ʿilm az-zalāzil)
Catalan: sismologia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 地震學 (zh), 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)
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: please add this translation if you can
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: seismologia f
Russian: сейсмоло́гия (ru) f (sejsmológija)
Spanish: sismología (es) f
Turkish: sismoloji (tr)
Ukrainian: сейсмологія f (sejsmolóhija)

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