seismology

English

Three different types of seismic fault.

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Etymology

seismo- +‎ -logy

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /saɪzˈmɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/, /saɪs.ˈmɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
Rhymes: -ɒləd͡ʒi

Noun

seismology (uncountable)

The study of the vibration of the Earth's interior caused by natural and unnatural sources, such as earthquakes.

Hyponyms

astroseismology
geoseismology
helioseismology
kronoseismology
selenoseismology

Derived terms

Related terms

seismic

Translations

the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior

Arabic: عِلْم اَلزَّلَازِل‎ m (ʕilm az-zalāzil)
Azerbaijani: zəlzələşünaslıq
Bulgarian: сеизмология f (seizmologija)
Catalan: sismologia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 地震學／地震学 (zh) (dìzhènxué)
Czech: seismologie f, seizmologie (cs) f
Dutch: seismologie (nl) f
Finnish: seismologia (fi)
French: sismologie (fr) f, séismologie (fr) f
Galician: sismoloxía f
German: Seismologie (de) f
Greek: σεισμολογία (el) f (seismología)
Hebrew: סייסמולוגיה‎ (he)
Hungarian: szeizmológia (hu), földrengéstan (hu)
Icelandic: jarðskjálftafræði (is) f, skjálftafræði f
Indonesian: seismologi (id)
Irish: seismeolaíocht f
Italian: sismologia (it) f
Japanese: 地震学 (ja) (じしんがく, jishingaku)
Khmer: រញ្ជួយដីវិទ្យា (rʊəñcuəy dəy vityie)
Korean: 지진학(地震學) (ko) (jijinhak)
Latin: seismologia f
Latvian: seismoloģija f
Lithuanian: seismologija f
Maori: mātai rūwhenua
Norwegian:
Bokmål: seismologi m

Nynorsk: seismologi m
Persian: زلزله‌شناسی‎ (zelzele-šenâsi)
Polish: sejsmologia (pl) f
Portuguese: seismologia f
Romanian: seismologie (ro) f
Russian: сейсмоло́гия (ru) f (sejsmológija)
Spanish: sismología (es) f
Tagalog: sismolohiya
Tajik: зилзилашиносӣ (zilzilašinosī)
Turkish: sismoloji (tr)
Ukrainian: сейсмоло́гія f (sejsmolóhija)
Uzbek: zilzilashunoslik (uz)
Vietnamese: địa chấn học (地震學)

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