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seis·mol·o·gy Audio Help (sīz-mŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
n. The geophysical science of earthquakes and the mechanical properties of the earth.

seis'mo·log'ic (-mə-lŏj'ĭk), seis'mo·log'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., seis'mo·log'i·cal·ly adv., seis·mol'o·gist n.

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seismology
noun
the branch of geology that studies earthquakes

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seisˈmology [-ˈmolədʒi] noun

the science or study of earthquakes

Arabic:	عِلْم الزلازِل
Chinese (Simplified):	地震学
Chinese (Traditional):	地震學
Czech:	seismologie
Danish:	seismologi
Dutch:	seismologie
Estonian:	seismoloogia
Finnish:	seismologia
French:	sismologie
German:	die Seismik
Greek:	σεισμολογία
Hungarian:	földrengéstan
Icelandic:	(jarð)skjálftafræði
Indonesian:	seismologi
Italian:	sismologia

Japanese:	地震学
Korean:	지진학
Latvian:	seismoloģija
Lithuanian:	seismologija
Norwegian:	seismologi
Polish:	sejsmologia
Portuguese (Brazil):	sismologia
Portuguese (Portugal):	sismologia
Romanian:	seismologie
Russian:	сейсмология
Slovak:	seizmológia
Slovenian:	seizmologija
Spanish:	sismología
Swedish:	seismologi
Turkish:	deprem bilimi, sismoloji

See also: seismic

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seismology Audio Help (sīz-mŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
The scientific study of earthquakes and of the internal structure of the Earth. It includes the study of the origin, geographic distribution, effects, and possible prediction of earthquakes.