seismic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈsismɪk/ (Philippines)
- /ˈsaɪzmɪk/
- /ˈsaɪsmɪk/ (Philippines)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Based on Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós, “shaking, earthquake”) + -ic, equivalent to seismo- + -ic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth.
seismic activity
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(not-comparable, of a place) Subject to earthquakes.
a seismic area
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(figuratively, not-comparable) Of very large or widespread effect.
But the most seismic change is the shift to being supportive of open access. In practice, most of the industry has collectively opposed this for the past 25 years. The Department for Transport has been particularly hostile, seeing it as little more than cherry-picking.
2023 February 22, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: A farewell to micro-management”, in RAIL, number 977, page 3:That the two leading candidates are women is seismic in a country imbued with machismo, where gender violence is rampant and the fight for women’s rights has been especially sluggish under the incumbent president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, who is limited by Mexico’s Constitution to one six-year term.
2024 March 17, Ilan Stavans, “Will Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, a Jewish Woman, Blaze a Trail or Follow One?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2024:With Spurs having avoided a seismic Cup upset, Newport's heroic display will be rewarded with a lucrative replay at Wembley.
2018 January 27, Dafydd Pritchard, “Newport 1 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2018:
Deriveds
seismic sustainability · bradyseismic · seismic performance · seismic line · postseismic · archaeoseismic · seismic moment · peneseismic · microseismic · seismic shift · seismic load · teleseismic · seismic sea wave · seismic risk · seismic wave · isoseismic · seismograph · interseismic · aseismic · paraseismic · asteroseismic · nonseismic · seismically · anaseismic · seismic design · seismic stratigraphy · astroseismic · seismic damper · seismic zoning · coseismic · seismicity · antiseismic · paleoseismic · vibroseis · seismology · preseismic · helioseismic · seismics · macroseismic · seismic bomb · seismic lithosphere · seismic retrofit · seismical
Translations (49)
hu szeizmikus (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · vi địa chấn (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · fa زلزلهای (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · be сейсмі́чны (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · cs seizmický (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · eo seisma (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · io sisma (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · et seismiline (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · ne भूकम्पीय (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · sv seismisk (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · gl sísmico (of very large or widespread effect) · mi rū (subject to earthquakes) · fi järisyttävä (of very large or widespread effect) · ro seismic (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · bg земетръсен (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · ar زِلْزَالِيّ (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · de seismisch (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · cmn 地震多發的 /地震多发的 (subject to earthquakes) · cs seismický (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · ru сейсми́ческий (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · is jarðskjálfta- (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · cy crynfaol (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · gl sísmico (subject to earthquakes) · tr sismik (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · uk сейсмі́чний (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · ca sísmic (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · da seismisk (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · io sismala (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · eo sisma (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · fi maanjäristysaltis (subject to earthquakes) · az zəlzələli (subject to earthquakes) · cy seismig (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · cmn 影響深遠的 /影响深远的 (of very large or widespread effect) · pl sejsmiczny (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · la sīsmicus (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · pt sísmico (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · fr sismique (subject to earthquakes) · es sísmico (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · fi seisminen (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · el σεισμικός (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · ast sísmicu (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · cmn 地震的 (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · gl sísmico (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · nl seismisch (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · pl porażający (of very large or widespread effect) · fr sismique (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · it sismico (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · ka სეისმური (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) · fi seisminen (subject to earthquakes)