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Definition of Moonquakes
1. moonquake [n] - See also: moonquake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonquakes
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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