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Meaning of "earth tremor" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EARTH TREMOR

earth tremor  [ɜːθ ˈtrɛmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EARTH TREMOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Earth tremor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EARTH TREMOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

earth tremor

Earthquake

An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. Earthquakes are measured using observations from seismometers. The moment magnitude is the most common scale on which earthquakes larger than approximately 5 are reported for the entire globe. The more numerous earthquakes smaller than magnitude 5 reported by national seismological observatories are measured mostly on the local magnitude scale, also referred to as the Richter scale. These two scales are numerically similar over their range of validity. Magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes are mostly almost imperceptible or weak and magnitude 7 and over potentially cause serious damage over larger areas, depending on their depth. The largest earthquakes in historic times have been of magnitude slightly over 9, although there is no limit to the possible magnitude. The most recent large earthquake of magnitude 9.0 or larger was a 9.

Definition of earth tremor in the English dictionary

The definition of earth tremor in the dictionary is a relatively small or short-lived movement of the earth's surface caused by the same forces that produce earthquakes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EARTH TREMOR


agrostemma
ˌæɡrəʊˈstɛmə
analemma
ˌænəˈlɛmə
axilemma
ˌæksɪˈlɛmə
axolemma
ˌæksəˈlɛmə
condemner
kənˈdɛmə
dilemma
dɪˈlɛmə
emma
ˈɛmə
emmer
ˈɛmə
gemma
ˈdʒɛmə
hemmer
ˈhɛmə
lemma
ˈlɛmə
maremma
məˈrɛmə
neurilemma
ˌnjʊərɪˈlɛmə
neurolemma
ˌnjʊərəʊˈlɛmə
plasmalemma
ˌplæzməˈlɛmə
polylemma
ˌpɒlɪˈlɛmə
sarcolemma
ˌsɑːkəʊˈlɛmə
stemma
ˈstɛmə
tremor
ˈtrɛmə
trilemma
traɪˈlɛmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EARTH TREMOR

earth closet
earth colour
earth inductor compass
earth mother
earth mover
earth pillar
earth return
earth science
earth sign
Earth Summit
earth up
earth wax
earth wire
earth wolf
earth-grazer
earth-shattering
earthborn
earthbound
earthed
earthen

WORDS THAT END LIKE EARTH TREMOR

antiarmor
antitumor
armor
black humor
confirmor
cremor
East Timor
enamor
Fermor
glamor
humor
Leigh Fermor
mor
omnia vincit amor
outhumor
Portuguese Timor
rumor
Tadmor
termor
Timor

Synonyms and antonyms of earth tremor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «earth tremor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EARTH TREMOR

Find out the translation of earth tremor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of earth tremor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «earth tremor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大地震颤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

temblor de tierra
570 millions of speakers

English

earth tremor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पृथ्वी कंपन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هزة أرضية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

земля тремор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tremor de terra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পৃথিবী কম্পন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tremblement de terre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gegaran bumi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erdstoß
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

弱い地震
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지구 진동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tremor bumi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đất run
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பூமி நடுக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पृथ्वीचा थरकाप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hafif yer sarsıntısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scossa di terremoto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drżenie ziemi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

земля тремор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cutremur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σεισμική δόνηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aardskudding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

earth tremor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

earth tremor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of earth tremor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EARTH TREMOR»

The term «earth tremor» is normally little used and occupies the 129.208 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EARTH TREMOR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «earth tremor» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «earth tremor» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about earth tremor

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EARTH TREMOR»

Discover the use of earth tremor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to earth tremor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Wanted: Royal Wife and Mother (Mills & Boon Romance) (By ...
'lt's just an earth tremor,' she said, not pausing. She could put him down but he was in bare feet and she had him in her arms and that was where it felt like he belonged. She was running down the vast stone steps that led out to the forecourt .
Marion Lennox, 2008
2
Venice and the Veneto
On November 4, 1966, the waters of the Adriatic, already dangerously high after two successive high tides had been prevented from receding by gale-force southeasterly winds, were disturbed by an earth tremor. The resulting tidal wave  ...
Jonathan Buckley, Charles Hebbert, Kate Hughes, 2004
3
Joan Martin (Yaarna): A Widi Woman
When he came out he said, 'Oh, I found out when that earth tremor was.' He said, ' You were ten months old when that earth tremor actually happened.' Those people who were telling me I couldn't remember made me start to doubt myself.
Joan Martin, 2011
4
Management of Knowledge Imperfection in Building Intelligent ...
Sally knows that the burglar alarm can be triggered by a minor earth tremor or a malfunction, and she thinks that a minor earth tremor is not affecting normally a car alarm. Could we help Sally to evaluate quickly the chance a burglary caused  ...
Eugene Roventa, Tiberiu Spircu, 2008
5
The Rawlinson Family Story
The temporary guests were in their second night of settling in this luxury apartment when they, and everybody else in the area, were affected by an earth tremor. The destruction and upheaval had caused a considerable amount of destruction ...
B. J. Newing
6
Conservation of Historic Buildings
About 100 people were evacuated from their homes in Port Hedland. Violent thunderstorms occurred on the east coast near Sydney. Earth tremor, measuring 4 on the 12-point Medvedev Scale, in the Kamchatka peninsula in the far east of the ...
Bernard Feilden, 2007
7
The Kula: New Perspectives on Massim Exchange
This preparation (katabayasa) is an earth tremor; the partner's betel chewing signifies that he is 'going out of his mind' to give shells to the Gawan, and so will speedily produce them. The earth-tremor is both the partner's trembling happiness, ...
Jerry Wayne Leach, Edmund Ronald Leach, 1983
8
A Cottage on the Moss
It is short for 'Earth Tremor,' for on the day she was born there was a minor earthquake in England, though probably the two events are not connected! On that particular day I was at home, in the afternoon, and at the particular moment of the ...
Lawrence Dyer, 2003
9
Texas Earthquakes
... That Was an Earthquake" Austin American, 21 June 1951: "Earth Tremor Jars Panhandle Area" Canyon City News, 28 June 1951: "Tremor Rattles Dishes, People in Canyon and Area Wednesday" Crosbyton Review, 21 June 1951: " County ...
Cliff Frohlich, Scott D. Davis, 2002
10
Tales of the Earth: Paroxysms and Perturbations of the Blue ...
If the earth is tilted by an earth tremor, a pendulum moves inside it and opens the jaws of the dragon facing the source of the tremor. The ball drops into the mouth of the frog sitting below. From Young etal., 1988. quakes that occur along the ...
Charles B. Officer, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EARTH TREMOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term earth tremor is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Nogales PD: Drug smuggling possibly led to breach in sewage line …
“There was not an earth tremor there was not anything that would suggest anything other than human activity that caused a rupture in the line.”. «Tucson News Now, Jul 15»
2
Earth tremor in Brakpan on 29 June 2015
Was any earth tremor reported in Brakpan on 29 June 2015 at around 21:30. We experienced something quite severe in Dalview Ext. 3. «News24, Jul 15»
3
The Bottom Line
... surroundings of the 86th floor of Taipei 101 were a fitting setting until the interruption of an earth tremor registering 6.3 on the Richter scale.". «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
4
UK officials block key shale gas project in blow to industry
The Cuadrilla project near Blackpool, northwest England, was abandoned after it triggered an earth tremor that resulted in an 18-month ban on ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
5
Earthquake Shakes Northeastern Indian State of Assam
The earth tremor was felt in the neighboring Indian states of Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Mizoram, as well as in Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. «Prensa Latina, Jun 15»
6
Green project launched after earth tremor
“I think the earth tremor came at the right time, and this will enhance our campaign of opening the eyes of the South African population ... «The Citizen, Jun 15»
7
Madness at Haydock: Why Suggs is hoping not to cause an …
... for a generation, something they realised when an earth tremor registering 4.5 on the Richter scale was reported at their original reformation, ... «Liverpool Echo, Jun 15»
8
Water surge causes multiple flooded homes
He expressed interest in rumours connecting the event to an earth tremor experienced in Trail, but after investigating has ruled that out as the ... «Nelson Star, Jun 15»
9
Bill Shorten the shape-shifter
Australians came to know Shorten in arguably his finest hour – as the public face of the efforts to rescue trapped miners after an earth tremor ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
10
Catastrophe looms: Sprawling development on hill near Kasoa Toll …
... Kasoa Toll Booth on the Accra-Winneba road, in the event of any slight movement of the earth, not to talk about an earth tremor or earthquake ... «Graphic Online, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Earth tremor [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/earth-tremor>. Apr 2024 ».
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