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nounThe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior caused by natural and unnatural sources, such as earthquakes.
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Afrikaans seismologie
- seismologiethe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Arabic عِلْم اَلزَّلَازِل
- عِلْم اَلزَّلَازِل (ʕilm az-zalāzil)the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Bulgarian сеизмология
- сеизмология (seizmologija)the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Catalan sismologia
- sismologiathe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Chinese Mandarin 地震學 /地震学
- 地震學 /地震学 (dìzhènxué)the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Czech seismologie, seizmologie
- seismologiethe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
- seizmologiethe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Dutch seismologie
- seismologiethe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Finnish seismologia
- seismologiathe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
French sismologie, séismologie
- sismologiethe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
- séismologiethe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
German Seismologie
- Seismologiethe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Greek σεισμολογία
- σεισμολογία (seismología)the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Hebrew סייסמולוגיה
- סייסמולוגיהthe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Hindi भूकम्पविज्ञान
- भूकम्पविज्ञान (bhūkampavijñān)the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Hungarian szeizmológia, földrengéstan
- szeizmológiathe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
- földrengéstanthe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Icelandic jarðskjálftafræði, skjálftafræði
- jarðskjálftafræðithe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
- skjálftafræðithe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Indonesian seismologi
- seismologithe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Irish seismeolaíocht
- seismeolaíochtthe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Italian sismologia
- sismologiathe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Japanese 地震学
- 地震学 (jishingaku)the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Korean 지진학
- 지진학 (jijinhak)the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Latin seismologia
- seismologiathe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Latvian seismoloģija
- seismoloģijathe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Lithuanian seismologija
- seismologijathe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Māori mātai rūwhenua
- mātai rūwhenuathe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Norwegian Bokmål seismologi
- seismologithe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Persian زلزلهشناسی
- زلزلهشناسی (zelzele-šenâsi)the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Polish sejsmologia
- sejsmologiathe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Portuguese sismologia
- sismologiathe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Romanian seismologie
- seismologiethe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Russian сейсмоло́гия
- сейсмоло́гия (sejsmológija)the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Spanish sismología
- sismologíathe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Tagalog sismolohiya
- sismolohiyathe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Turkish deprem bilimi, sismoloji
- deprem bilimithe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
- sismolojithe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Ukrainian сейсмоло́гія
- сейсмоло́гія (sejsmolóhija)the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
Vietnamese địa chấn học
- địa chấn họcthe study of the vibration of the Earth's interior
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APA
seismology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seismology
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“seismology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seismology. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seismology,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seismology.
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