Definition of Moonquakes

1. Noun. (plural of moonquake) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Moonquakes

1. moonquake [n] - See also: moonquake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonquakes

moonlighted
moonlighter
moonlighters
moonlighting
moonlights
moonlike
moonling
moonlings
moonlit
moonly
moonpool
moonpools
moonport
moonports
moonquake
moonquakes (current term)
moonraker
moonrakers
moonrat
moonrats
moonrise
moonrises
moonrock
moonrocks
moonroof
moonroofs
moonrunes
moons
moonsail
moonsails

Literary usage of Moonquakes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"It comprised a passive seismometer to record natural seismic events ("moonquakes"); an active seismic experiment, which would record the effects of small ..."

2. Exploring the Moon and Mars: Choices for the Nation (1992)
"Data from these instruments allowed scientists to detect thousands of moonquakes, measure heat flow, and to estimate the thickness of the lunar crust, ..."

3. Life History of Our Planet by William Dickey Gunning (1876)
"Mountains and "ring mountains," and lava plains and vast chasms, and high craters and deep volcanic? throats, but no volcanoes, no moonquakes, no oceans, ..."

4. Earthquakes and Volcanoes: Hot Springs by J. F. Wilson (1906)
"THE MOON As our neighbor, the moon has been convulsed by many volcanoes and no doubt moonquakes, and as she is a member of the family of worlds to which our ..."

5. Short Story and Other Short Stories by Corey Mesler (2006)
"He saw her walking down the sidewalk just as carefree as a child at play, as if she were unaware that she was moonquakes and arrhythmia. ..."

6. Through Darkness Into Light: Endless Cycles of the Divine Plan by Gyeorgos C. Hatonn (1992)
"Ganymede, the largest of Jupiter's moons, appears to be covered with water ice mixed with rock, suggesting it has undergone moonquakes that have cracked its ..."

7. Breaking Up: Or, The Birth, Development and Death of the Earth and Its by Lysander Salmon Richards (1896)
"Mountains lifted their peaks into the azure vault, volcanoes and moonquakes shook the satellite. It breathed, heaved and purged as a living being. ..."

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