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PRONUNCIATION OF MICROSEISM

microseism  [ˈmaɪkrəʊˌsaɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MICROSEISM

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Microseism is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MICROSEISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Microseism

In seismology, a microseism is defined as a faint earth tremor caused by natural phenomena. The term is most commonly used to refer to the dominant background seismic noise signal on Earth, which are caused by water waves in the oceans and lakes. Because the ocean wave oscillations are statistically homogenous over several hours, the microseism signal is a long-continuing oscillation of the ground. The most energetic seismic waves that make up the microseismic field are Rayleigh waves, but Love waves can make up a significant fraction of the wave field, and body waves are also easily detected with arrays. Because the conversion from the ocean waves to the seismic waves is very weak, the amplitude of ground motions associated to microseisms does not generally exceed 10 micrometers.

Definition of microseism in the English dictionary

The definition of microseism in the dictionary is a very slight tremor of the earth's surface, thought not to be caused by an earthquake.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MICROSEISM


activism
ˈæktɪˌvɪzəm
autism
ˈɔːtɪzəm
bradyseism
ˌbrædɪˈsaɪzəm
Buddhism
ˈbʊdɪzəm
capitalism
ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm
criticism
ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm
feminism
ˈfɛmɪˌnɪzəm
hedonism
ˈhiːdəˌnɪzəm
helichrysum
ˌhɛlɪˈkraɪzəm
ism
ˈɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
Judaism
ˈdʒuːdeɪˌɪzəm
mechanism
ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
prism
ˈprɪzəm
professionalism
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm
racism
ˈreɪsɪzəm
seism
ˈsaɪzəm
terrorism
ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm
tourism
ˈtʊərɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MICROSEISM

microscale
microscope
microscopic
microscopical
microscopically
Microscopii
microscopist
Microscopium
microscopy
microsecond
microseismic
microseismical
microseismicity
microsite
microskirt
microsleep
microsmatic
microsomal
microsome
microspecies

WORDS THAT END LIKE MICROSEISM

ableism
absenteeism
ageism
atheism
casteism
deism
fideism
henotheism
Manichaeism
monotheism
obeism
ogreism
panentheism
pantheism
Parseeism
polytheism
presenteeism
Sadduceeism
sutteeism
theism

Synonyms and antonyms of microseism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «microseism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MICROSEISM

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The translations of microseism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «microseism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

微震
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

microseism
570 millions of speakers

English

microseism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

microseism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

microseism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

микросейсм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

microseism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

microseism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

microséismes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Microseism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

microseism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

脈動
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

microseism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Microseism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

microseism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

microseism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मायक्रोझिझम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

microseism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

microseism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

microseism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

микросейсм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

microseism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

microseism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

microseism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

microseism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

microseism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of microseism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROSEISM»

The term «microseism» is used very little and occupies the 179.678 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROSEISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «microseism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «microseism» 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 microseism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MICROSEISM»

Discover the use of microseism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to microseism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Advances in Geophysics
pressure systems responsible for strong surf. Extensive observations of surf, winds, and microseisms over several years in Apia, Samoa, showed that microseism amplitudes there increased with the approach of tropical storms (TSs) ; the closer ...
‎2012
2
Symposium on Microseisms Held at Arden House
that the significance of such amplitude studies in connection with the problem of microseism origin is high enough to warrant additional stress. Many cases of simultaneous ocean wave and microseism recordings have been studied in ...
United States. Office of Naval Research, 1953
3
Geophysics and the IGY: Proceedings of the Symposium at the ...
It now appears that, although classical methods of microseism study, for example, correlation of microseism periods and amplitudes with waves, winds, storm position, etc., have been informative in the past, new approaches will be required for ...
United States. National Committee for the International Geophysical Year, Hugh Odishaw, Stanley Ruttenberg, 1958
4
Natural Physical Sources of Underwater Sound: Sea Surface ...
Deep ocean microseism spectra from very different sites in the Pacific and obtained under different weather conditions are often remarkably similar in both amplitude and appearance (figures 2,4 and 5). The microseism peak in the Atlantic ...
B.R. Kerman, 1993
5
United States IGY Bibliography, 1953-1960: An Annotated ...
Microseisms data for three years and some three hundred earthquakes were analyzed. The study revealed that the microseism frequency begins to increase approximately 24 hrs before the occurrence of many large earthquakes. Various data ...
Library of Congress. Science and Technology Division, 1963
6
Nonlinear Dynamics in Geosciences
Anastasios A. Tsonis, James B. Elsner. 5 Microseism Activity and Equilibrium Fluctuations Antoni M. Correig1,2, Mercè Urquizu2, Josep Vila2,1 and Ramon Macià3,2 1 Universitat de Barcelona, Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia, Ton.
Anastasios A. Tsonis, James B. Elsner, 2007
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Physical Oceanography
It was clear from all three examples that there was an increase in microseism activity and that eventually, when the swell arrived at the coast, there was a close relationship between the swell and microseism spectra. Fig. 5 shows one example.
M. N. Hill, Allan R. Robinson, 2005
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International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology
See Chapter 60. single-frequency microseism: A secondary peak near 14second period in seismic noise related to the action of ocean waves that is usually 20–40 dB smaller than the main peak due to the double-frequency microseism.
William H.K. Lee, Hiroo Kanamori, Paul Jennings, 2003
9
Introduction to Seismology
Note the microseism peak at 5 to 8 5 period and the relatively low noise levels at 20 to 200 s period. is illustrated in Figure 11.6, which plots typical noise levels for over 100 different stations from the global seismic networks (Astiz, 1997).
Peter M. Shearer, 2009
10
Geological Survey Bulletin
... of two "fetches" with different mean directions will produce a swell that generates microseisms of amplitude involving a certain amplitude factor. The application of a formula to data on microseism storms at Macquaric Island leads to ...
‎1949

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MICROSEISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term microseism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Grandview repeats as 5A volleyball state champion
The start of the first two sets was a bit of a microseism of Grandview's season. The Wolves dropped matches against Cheyenne Mountain and ... «CHSAA Now, Nov 14»
2
A major contribution on a micro scale
... array allowed the detection of smaller magnitude microseisms, a larger number of mappable events and more reliable microseism locations. «Energy Global, Mar 14»
3
Superstorm Sandy shook US like an earthquake
The earthquake-monitoring network always "hears" a continuous hum of background noise generated in the ocean, called microseism, said ... «CBS News, Nov 12»
4
Hurricane Sandy Caused Seismic Waves To Shake US Like An …
The earthquake-monitoring network always "hears" a continuous hum of background noise generated in the ocean, called microseism, said ... «Huffington Post, Nov 12»
5
Hostile wells: the borehole seismic challenge
... combined with a velocity model, to calculate the azimuth and distance of the microseism ray path, and so pinpoint the event location (Fig 1). «Engineer Live, Jul 10»
6
Extreme Ocean Storms On the Rise, Tremors Show
They also looked at worldwide ocean-borne microseism data taken from 1972 to 2008. The researchers found that the microseisms' power ... «National Geographic, Apr 08»
7
Ocean waves pounding harder
The ocean wave effect that is easiest to see in the seismic record is called the global oceanic microseism. This signal is made of seismic waves ... «ABC Science Online, Apr 08»

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