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mainshocks

mainshocks is the plural of mainshock.

Meaning of mainshock

Noun

mainshock (plural mainshocks)

  1. The largest earthquake in a sequence, sometimes preceded by foreshocks and almost always followed by aftershocks which are of lesser intensity.

Questions about mainshocks

What is mainshocks the plural of?
Mainshocks is the plural of mainshock.

Words near mainshocks in the dictionary

  1. mainshaft
  2. mainshafts
  3. mainsheet
  4. mainsheets
  5. mainshock
  6. mainshocks
  7. mainsleaze
  8. mainspace
  9. mainspaced
  10. mainspaces
  11. mainspacing

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