SEISMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seismic mean? 

• SEISMIC (adjective)
  The adjective SEISMIC has 1 sense:

1. subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration

  Familiarity information: SEISMIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEISMIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration

Synonyms:

seismal; seismic

Similar:

unstable (lacking stability or fixity or firmness)

Derivation:

seism (shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity)

 Context examples 

Three other seismic signals occurred on March 14 (Sol 105), April 10 (Sol 132) and April 11 (Sol 133).

(NASA's InSight Detects First Likely 'Quake' on Mars, NASA)

Very recent seismic imaging has supported this concept.

(Hot News from the Antarctic Underground, NASA)

Then lava stopped flowing and seismic vibrations ceased.

(Underwater volcano's fiery eruption captured in detail by seafloor observatory, NSF)

The wet sediments experienced seismic shaking in "marsquakes" related to movement along several large geological faults in the area.

(Signs of Ancient Mars Lakes and Quakes Seen in New Map, NASA)

Seismic vibrations that are almost imperceptible to human ears ripple through the rocks.

(Song of the red rock arches, National Science Foundation)

The cable stretches 52 kilometers offshore to the first seismic station on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, placed 17 years ago.

(Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network, National Science Foundation)

Using marine seismic technology deployed from an ice breaker, researchers were able to reconstruct how glaciers on the Sabrina Coast have advanced and retreated over the past 50 million years.

(Massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet has history of instability, National Science Foundatio)

The seismic images show that the area of hydrated rock at the Mariana Trench extends almost 20 miles beneath the seafloor — much deeper than previously thought.

(Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior, National Science Foundation)

The team believes these new models help us gain a better understanding of Yellowstone's plumbing system, and may lead to improved estimates of the potential future seismic and volcanic hazards.

(Yellowstone magma discovery, NSF)

The new seismic event was too small to provide solid data on the Martian interior, which is one of InSight's main objectives.

(NASA's InSight Detects First Likely 'Quake' on Mars, NASA)