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MICROSEISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does microseism mean?
• MICROSEISM (noun)
The noun MICROSEISM has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: MICROSEISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small earthquake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
earth tremor; microseism; tremor
Hypernyms ("microseism" is a kind of...):
earthquake; quake; seism; temblor (shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "microseism"):
aftershock (a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake)
foreshock (a tremor preceding an earthquake)
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