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tsunamigenic

tsunamigenic adjective: capable of generating a tsunami; commonly along major subduction-zone plate boundaries such as those bordering the Pacific Ocean.

Adjective

tsunamigenic (not comparable)

  1. capable of generating a tsunami; commonly along major subduction-zone plate boundaries such as those bordering the Pacific Ocean

Origin of tsunamigenic

From tsunami + -genic.

Words formed from tsunamigenic

Questions about tsunamigenic

What does tsunamigenic mean?
Tsunamigenic means capable of generating a tsunami; commonly along major subduction-zone plate boundaries such as those bordering the Pacific Ocean.
What part of speech is tsunamigenic?
Tsunamigenic is an adjective.

Words near tsunamigenic in the dictionary

  1. tsunami stones
  2. tsunami wall
  3. tsunami walls
  4. tsunamic
  5. tsunamigenesis
  6. tsunamigenic
  7. tsunamiite
  8. tsunamilike
  9. tsunamis
  10. tsunauchi
  11. tsundere

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