Dictionary

foreshock en · NOUN

Etymology

From fore- + shock.

Meanings

1. A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence.
2. (figuratively) Any shock or disturbance that precedes an event
   • The FY 1981 increases in defense — something of a "foreshock" to the rapid rise in defense spending over the next several years — were prompted by the fall of the Shah in Iran and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 1991, D. Roderick Kiewiet, Mathew D. McCubbins, The Logic of Delegation - Page 88:

Forms

Coordinates

aftershock · mainshock

Translations (9)

ga réamhchrith (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake) · hu előrengés (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake) · ja 前震 (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake) · cmn 前震 (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake) · el προσεισμός (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake) · fi esijäristys (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake) · pl wstępne trzęsienie ziemi o słabej magnitudzie (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake) · es sismo inicial (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake) · es sismo premonitor (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake)