seismic
/ˈsaɪzmɪk/
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seismic adjective: related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth.
Adjective
seismic (not comparable)
- Related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth.
- seismic activity
- Subject to earthquakes.
- a seismic area
- Of very large or widespread effect.
- With Spurs having avoided a seismic Cup upset, Newport's heroic display will be rewarded with a lucrative replay at Wembley.2018 January 27, Dafydd Pritchard, “Newport 1 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2018
- But the most seismic change is the shift to being supportive of open access. In practice, most of the industry has collectively opposed this for the past 25 years. The Department for Transport has been particularly hostile, seeing it as little more than cherry-picking.2023 February 22, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: A farewell to micro-management”, in RAIL, number 977, page 3
seismic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
seismic in Hindi
- भूकंपीय, भूकम्पीय
seismic in Tamil
- நில அதிர்ச்சி சார்ந்த, நில அதிர்ச்சியிலாய, புவிநடுக்கத்துக்குரிய
seismic in Bengali
- ভূমিকম্প সংক্রান্ত
seismic in Kannada
- ನೆಲಗುಡುಗಿನ, ಭೂಕಂಪದ, ಭೂಕಂಪನದಿಂದಾದ
More languagesFewer languages
- seismic in Odia
- ଭୂକମ୍ପଜନିତ
- seismic in Nepali
- भूकम्पीय bhūkampīya
- seismic in Arabic
- زِلْزَالِيّ zilzāliyy
- seismic in Persian
- زلزلهای zelzele-'i
- seismic in Vietnamese
- địa chấn
Examples of seismic in a sentence
- For the left, the seismic week delivered an “I told you so” years in the making.
- The "Swift Quake" was recorded by the same seismic station, located just outside Lumen Field.
- It’s pretty seismic to just suddenly shift out to Charles III rather than Carolus.
Origin of seismic
Based on Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós, “shaking, earthquake”) + -ic, equivalent to seismo- + -ic.
Words formed from seismic
- anaseismic
- antiseismic
- archaeoseismic
- aseismic
- asteroseismic
- astroseismic
- bradyseismic
- coseismic
- helioseismic
- interseismic
- isoseismic
- macroseismic
- microseismic
- nonseismic
- paleoseismic
- paraseismic
- peneseismic
- postseismic
- preseismic
- seismical
- seismically
- seismic bomb
- seismic damper
- seismic design
- seismicity
- seismic line
- seismic lithosphere
- seismic load
- seismic moment
- seismic performance
- seismic retrofit
- seismic risk
- seismics
- seismic sea wave
- seismic shift
- seismic stratigraphy
- seismic sustainability
- seismic wave
- seismic zoning
- seismograph
- seismology
- teleseismic
- vibroseis
Phrases with seismic
Words that rhyme with seismic
Questions about seismic
- What does seismic mean?
- Seismic means related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth.
- What is seismic in Hindi?
- Seismic in Hindi is भूकंपीय, भूकम्पीय. See Seismic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is seismic?
- Seismic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce seismic?
- Seismic is pronounced /ˈsaɪzmɪk/.
Words near seismic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: seismic (page history and authors); seismic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seismic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seismic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seismic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seismic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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