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SEICHE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does seiche mean?
• SEICHE (noun)
The noun SEICHE has 1 sense:
1. a wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances
Familiarity information: SEICHE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("seiche" is a kind of...):
undulation; wave ((physics) a movement up and down or back and forth)
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