SEISMOLOGIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seismologist mean? 

• SEISMOLOGIST (noun)
  The noun SEISMOLOGIST has 1 sense:

1. a geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth

  Familiarity information: SEISMOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEISMOLOGIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("seismologist" is a kind of...):

geophysicist (a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth)

Derivation:

seismology (the branch of geology that studies earthquakes)

 Context examples 

A team of University of Utah seismologists has discovered a reservoir of hot, partly molten rock hidden 12 to 28 miles beneath Yellowstone's supervolcano.

(Yellowstone magma discovery, NSF)

The theory that Earth has a solid core was first proposed in 1936 when female Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann reanalysed data from the magnitude-7.3 1929 earthquake that struck New Zealand's south island.

(Earth's Core Confirmed to Be Solid After 80 Years of Study, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)