planetquake
planetquake noun: a seismic event occurring on a planet (especially one other than Earth).
Noun
planetquake (plural planetquakes)
- A seismic event occurring on a planet (especially one other than Earth).
- But why should Jupiter and Saturn exercise such a particular influence on the earth when they attain these longitudes? M. Delauney answers that when in those longitudes the planets encounter meteor swarms, and just as earthquakes are rather numerous in November, when the earth passes through a...1887 June, John A. Westwood Oliver, “Earthquake Warnings”, in Murray's Magazine, page 817
- There are devices that can determine the distribution of radioactivity over another planet from orbit; that can feel from the surface the faint rumble of a distant planetquake deep below; […]1979, Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science, Ballantine, published 1980, →ISBN, page 243
Forms of planetquake
| plural | planetquakes |
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Origin of planetquake
From planet + quake, after the pattern of earthquake.
Questions about planetquake
- What does planetquake mean?
- Planetquake means a seismic event occurring on a planet (especially one other than Earth).
- What part of speech is planetquake?
- Planetquake is a noun.
- What is the plural of planetquake?
- The plural of planetquake is planetquakes.
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