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seiches

seiches is the plural of seiche.

Meaning of seiche

Noun

seiche (plural seiches)

  1. A short-term standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, or other confined body of water such as a fjord, characteristic of its geometry.
    • In September 2023, we detected the start of a 9-day-long, global . . . very-long-period seismic signal, originating from East Greenland. . . .this event started with a glacial thinning-induced rock-ice avalanche of 25 million cubic meters plunging into Dickson Fjord, triggering a 200-meter-high...2024 A rockslide-generated tsunami in a Greenland fjord rang Earth for 9 days. Science 2024 Vol 385, DOI: 10.1126/science.adm9247

Questions about seiches

What is seiches the plural of?
Seiches is the plural of seiche.

Words near seiches in the dictionary

  1. Seibt
  2. Seibts
  3. Seicento
  4. seiche
  5. seichel
  6. seiches
  7. seid
  8. seidel
  9. Seidelin
  10. Seidelmann
  11. seidels

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