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seismic


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seismic  \Seis"mic\,  Seismal  \Seis"mal\,  a.  [Gr.  seismo`s  an 
  earthquake,  from  sei`ein  to  shake.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  an  earthquake;  caused  by  an  earthquake. 
 
  {Seismic  vertical},  the  point  upon  the  earth's  surface 
  vertically  over  the  center  of  effort  or  focal  point  whence 
  the  earthquake's  impulse  proceeds,  or  the  vertical  line 
  connecting  these  two  points. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  seismic 
  adj  :  subject  to  or  caused  by  an  earthquake  or  earth  vibration 
  [syn:  {seismal}] 




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