coseismal

 [koh-sahyz-muhl, -sahys-]  

co·seis·mal

   [koh-sahyz-muhl, -sahys-]
adjective
of, pertaining to, or being in a line, curve, etc., connecting or comprising points on the earth's surface at which an earthquake wave arrives simultaneously.
Also, co·seis·mic.

Origin:
1850–55; co- + seismal
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coseismal or coseismic (kəʊˈsaɪzməl)
 
—adj
1.  of or designating points at which earthquake waves are felt at the same time
2.  (of a line on a map) connecting such points
 
—n
3.  such a line on a map
 
coseismic or coseismic
 
—adj
 
—n

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