seismic

seismic

English

Etymology

Based on Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós, “shaking, earthquake”) +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪzmɪk/

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• Rhymes: -aɪzmɪk

Adjective

seismic (comparative more seismic, superlative most seismic)

1. Related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth.

   seismic activity

2. (figuratively) Of very large or widespread effect.
   • 2018 January 27, Dafydd Pritchard, “Newport 1 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur”, in BBC Sport‎:

     With Spurs having avoided a seismic Cup upset, Newport's heroic display will be rewarded with a lucrative replay at Wembley.

   • 2023 February 22, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: A farewell to micro-management”, in RAIL, number 977, page 3:

     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.

3. (of a place) Subject to earthquakes

   a seismic area

Derived terms

• seismics
• seismic shift
• seismograph
• seismology

 

Translations

related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: земетръсен (zemetrǎsen) Catalan: sísmic Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: seizmický, seismický Esperanto: seisma, sisma Finnish: seisminen French: sismique (fr) Galician: sísmico m Georgian: სეისმური (seismuri) German: seismisch (de) Greek: σεισμικός (el) (seismikós) Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: szeizmikus (hu) Icelandic: jarðskjálfta- Ido: sismala, sisma (io) Italian: sismico (it) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Latin: seismicus (Contemporary Latin) Nepali: भूकम्पीय (bhūkampīya) Persian: زلزله‌ای‎ (zelzele'i) Polish: sejsmiczny (pl) Portuguese: sísmico (pt) Romanian: seismic (ro) Russian: сейсми́ческий (ru) (sejsmíčeskij) Spanish: sísmico Swedish: seismisk Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: sismik (tr) Vietnamese: địa chấn (vi) Welsh: crynfaol, seismig (cy)

of very large or widespread effect

Polish: porażający

subject to earthquakes

Azerbaijani: zəlzələli French: sismique (fr)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French séismique.

Adjective

seismic m or n (feminine singular seismică, masculine plural seismici, feminine and neuter plural seismice)

1. seismic

Declension

Declension of seismic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	seismic		seismică	seismici	seismice
	definite	seismicul		seismica	seismicii	seismicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	seismic		seismice	seismici	seismice
	definite	seismicului		seismicei	seismicilor	seismicelor