seismic
Americanadjective
adjective
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Also (less commonly): seismical. relating to or caused by earthquakes or artificially produced earth tremors
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of enormous proportions or having highly significant consequences
seismic social change
Other Word Forms
- nonseismic adjective
- seismically adverb
- unseismal adjective
- unseismic adjective
Etymology
Origin of seismic
Example Sentences
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Amid this seismic shift looms an existential question: Can those cities survive without them?
The battle for Warner is significant for the futures of both Paramount and Netflix, coming as the entertainment industry struggles to adapt to seismic shifts in technology and viewing habits.
The team also deployed seismic instruments that detected a series of glacier earthquakes during the period of rapid retreat.
From Science Daily
The model connects space weather and seismic activity without claiming that solar activity directly causes earthquakes.
From Science Daily
"It was a probable explosion. Based on comparisons between historic explosions and earthquakes, the seismic signals were indicative of a single fire explosion, not typical of mining explosions," he said.
From Barron's
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