Definition of Seismism

1. the natural activity involved in earthquakes [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seismism

seismic moment
seismic moments
seismic performance
seismic retrofit
seismic risk
seismic risks
seismic stratigraphy
seismic wave
seismic waves
seismic zoning
seismic zonings
seismical
seismically
seismicities
seismicity
seismism (current term)
seismisms
seismo-
seismocardiogram
seismocardiography
seismogeneses
seismogenesis
seismogenic
seismogenic layer
seismogenic layers
seismogenic zone
seismogenic zones
seismogram
seismogramme
seismograms

Literary usage of Seismism

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

1. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1890)
"... consequently they deal with earlier refrigeration, as well as later seismism. 1. The fundamental idea, partly set forth in the "Key," and more ..."

2. Geologisches Zentralblatt (1904)
"Early details as gathered from telegraphic accounts of newspaper correspondents, with statements of theories of vulcanism and seismism. 1731. ..."

3. Earthquakes in the Light of the New Seismology by Clarence Edward Dutton (1904)
"... most scientific men who concern themselves with problems of terrestrial physics—have taken for granted the interrelation of vol- canism and seismism. ..."

4. Annual report of the Secretary of the Interior by United States Dept. of the Interior, Commissioner of Railroads, United States (1849)
"At the request of the Royal Societv of London, Dr. Jaggar was detailed for 2 months to Montserrat, West Indies, to study the seismism of that island. ..."

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