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seism

[ sahy-zuhm, -suhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

seism

/ ˈsaɪzəm /

Origin of seism¹

1880–85; < Greek seismós, equivalent to seis-, stem of seíein to shake, quake + -mos noun suffix; -ism

Origin of seism¹

C19: from Greek seismos, from seiein to shake

Watch this clip of the real-time seism—look closely or you might mistake it for a gust of wind.

The word seismoscope is a compound word from Greek consisting of the two words, seism and scope.

It means literally any instrument capable of seeing, or calling attention to, a seism, or earth-shake.

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