Meaning of "seism" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEISM

From Greek seismos, from seiein to shake.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SEISM

seism  [ˈsaɪzəm]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEISM

Seism 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 SEISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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.

TRANSLATION OF SEISM

Find out the translation of seism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

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

• Translator English - Chinese: 地震
• Translator English - Spanish: sismo
• English: seism
• Translator English - Hindi: भुकंप
• Translator English - Arabic: seism
• Translator English - Russian: сейсмо
• Translator English - Portuguese: seism
• Translator English - Bengali: seism
• Translator English - French: séisme
• Translator English - Malay: Seismik
• Translator English - German: seism
• Translator English - Japanese: seism
• Translator English - Korean: seism
• Translator English - Javanese: Seism
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cuộc động đất
• Translator English - Tamil: நில நடுக்கம்
• Translator English - Marathi: भूकंप
• Translator English - Turkish: seism
• Translator English - Italian: sisma
• Translator English - Polish: seism
• Translator English - Ukrainian: сейсмо
• Translator English - Romanian: seism
• Translator English - Greek: σεισμούς
• Translator English - Afrikaans: aard beweging
• Translator English - Swedish: seism
• Translator English - Norwegian: seism

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEISM»

Discover the use of seism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to seism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology

A stable algorithm for regression analysis using the random effects model. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 82, 505–510. Anderson, J. G., and S. E. Hough (1984). A model for the shape of the Fourier amplitude of acceleration at high frequencies. Bull.

William H.K. Lee, Hiroo Kanamori, Paul Jennings, 2003

Increasing Seismic Safety by Combining Engineering ...

Bull Seism. Soc. Am. 80:784–806 Ch ́avez-Garc ́ıa FJ, Stephenson WR, Rodr ́ıguez M (1999) Lateral propagation effects observed at Parkway, New Zealand. A case history to compare 1D vs 2D site effects. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 89:718–732  ...

Marco Mucciarelli, Marijan Herak, John Francis Cassidy, 2009

Improvement of Buildings' Structural Quality by New ...

3 storey CBFs: over-strength: high seism. (left); low seism. (right). 0 2 4 6 8 4 MINIMUM OVER-STRENGTH FACTORS MINIMUM OVER-STRENGTH FACTORS 1 3 5 0 2 4 6 EC8-94 EC8-03 6 6 4 EC8-94 EC8-03 8 Vb,brace,y/Vb, brace,d Vb ...

Christian Schauer, ENG. Federico Mazzolani, Gerald Huber, 2005

Coupled Site and Soil-Structure Interaction Effects with ...

Boore, D. M., Joyner, W. B., and Fumal, T. (1997) Equations for estimating horizontal response spectra and peak acceleration from western north american earthquakes: A summary of recent work, Seism. Res. Lett. 68(1), 128–153. Borcherdt ...

Tom Schanz, Roumen Iankov, 2009

Volcanoes of the World: Third Edition

Larin N V, Bindeman I N, Simakin A G, 1997. Petrology of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy volcano (Iturup Island, the Kurils): a model of fractionation and mixing inthe magma chamber. Volc Seism, 18: 529-546 (English translation) Markhinin E K, 1983.

Lee Siebert, Tom Simkin, Paul Kimberly, 2010

Observatory Seismology: An Anniversary Symposium on the ...

Dehlinger, P., and B. A. Bolt (1987). Earthquakes and associated tectonics in a part of coastal central California. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 77: 2056-2073. Dewey, J. W., and P. Byerly (1969). The early history of seismometry (to 1900). Bull. Seism.

Joe J. Litehiser, 1989

Routine Data Processing in Earthquake Seismology: With ...

Seism. Soc. Am. 94, 1079–1095. Bakun, W. H. and W. Joyner (1984). The ML scale in Central California. Bull. Seim. Soc. Am. 74, 5, 1827–1843. Bakun, W. H. and A. G. Lindh (1977). Local magnitudes, seismic moments, and coda durations for ...

J. Havskov, Lars Ottemoller, Lars Ottemöller, 2010

Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering: 4th International ...

Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 70: 1921–1941 Beresnev IA, Atkinson GM (1998) FINSIM: a FORTRAN program for simulating stochastic acceleration time histories from finite faults. Seism. Res. Lett. 69: 27–32 Boatwright J, Fletcher JB, Fumal TE ( 1991) ...

Kyriazis D. Pitilakis, 2007

Royal Society of London Cataloogue of Scienctific Papers ...

0825 Seismographs Seismometers 0825 improved. Gray, T. Ph. Mg. 23 (1887) 353-. — . Cowper, E. A. B. A. Bp. (1888) 818— — . Gray, T. Glasg. Ph. S. P. 19 ( 1888) 330-. for large motions. Gray, T. (xn) Jap. Seism. S. T. 3 (1881) 143-. Marvin.

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Earthquake Science and Seismic Risk Reduction

The case against huge earthquakes (Opinion), Seism. Res. Lett., 67(3), 3-5. Schweig, E. S., and Ellis, M. A., 1994. Reconciling short recurrence intervals with minor deformation in the New Madrid seismic zone, Science, 264, 1308-131 1.

F. Mulargia, R.J. Geller, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term seism is used in the context of the following news items.

Seism cu magnitudinea de 6 în largul coastelor Indoneziei (USGS)

Un seism cu magnitudinea de 6 a avut loc în largul coastelor insulei Java, Indonezia, a anunțat Institutul american de geofizică (USGS), potrivit unui ... «AGERPRES, Jul 15»

Three People Killed in Seism in Pakistan

25 de julio de 2015, 09:04Islamabad, Jul 25 (Prensa Latina) Three people were killed today in the wake of a 5.5. magnitude seism that rocked the northern ... «Prensa Latina, Jul 15»

Presa franceza, despre referendumul grec: O victorie pentru Tsipras …

"A fost pariul unui tanar politician. Este, de ieri seara, bataia de cap a intregii zone euro", rezuma Laurent Marchand (Ouest France), sub titlul "Seism european". «Ziare.com, Jul 15»

Seism puternic în China. Trei morți

Potrivit Institutului american de geofizică USGS, în regiunea Xinjiang din vestul Chinei s-a produs, azi, un cutremur cu magnitudinea de 6,1 pe scara Richter. «MyTex.ro, Jul 15»

CUTREMUR ÎN ROMÂNIA. Seism după seism, în zona Vrancea

CUTREMUR ÎN ROMÂNIA. UPDATE / Un al treilea seism s-a produs miercuri după amiază, la ora 15:35 , tot în judeţul Vrancea. Potrivit INFP, cutremurul a avut ... «Fanatik, Jul 15»

Seism cu magnitudinea 3,9 in judetul Buzau, vineri noapte. 21 de …

Cel mai mare seism din acest an s-a consemnat in data de 29 martie, tot in judetul Buzau, si a avut o magnitudine de 4,9 grade pe scara Richter. Un cutremur de ... «stirileprotv.ro, Jun 15»

UPDATE / CUTREMUR în România! Seism cu magnitudinea 3,4, în …

CUTREMUR în România. UPDATE 15:55 / Un cutremur cu magnitudinea de 3,4 pe scara Richter a avut loc, marţi, la ora 13.44, în judeţul Galaţi, informează ... «Fanatik, Jun 15»

Seism cu magnitudinea de 5,2 la nord de Atena

Un cutremur cu magnitudinea de 5,2 s-a produs marţi dimineaţă la nord de Atena, potrivit institutului american de geofizică USGS, dar deşi a fost resimţit în ... «Gândul, Jun 15»

Cutremur de 8,5 grade în Japonia. Vedetă din România, surprinsă …

Vedeta din România care se afla la etajul 36 al unui hotel de lux spune că s-a speriat așa de tare încât şi la câteva ore bune după seism îi era reamă să urce în ... «Realitatea, May 15»

Cutremurul din Nepal: Google contribuie la găsirea oamenilor …

Grupul american Google contribuie la găsirea persoanelor dispărute în urma devastatorului seism care a avut loc în Nepal, sâmbătă, prin intermediul serviciului ... «Mediafax, Apr 15»