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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSeismologie
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Seismologie
"Die Seismologie untersucht Erdbeben und die Ausbreitung seismischer Wellen."
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The branch of science concerned with earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth.
"Advances in seismology have greatly improved our understanding of fault lines."
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Coined in the mid-19th century from Greek seismos ('earthquake') + -logia ('study of').
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10 Global Lexicons: How "seismology" is said worldwide
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sismologie
Transliteration: sismologie
"La sismologie nous aide à comprendre les mouvements tectoniques."
Seismologie
Transliteration: Seismologie
"Die Seismologie untersucht Erdbeben und die Ausbreitung seismischer Wellen."
sismologia
Transliteration: sismologia
"La sismologia è fondamentale per prevedere i danni dei terremoti."
sismología
Transliteration: sismología
"La sismología estudia la actividad sísmica en todo el planeta."
sismologia
Transliteration: sismologia
"A sismologia analisa as ondas geradas pelos tremores de terra."
भूकंप विज्ञान
Transliteration: bhukamp vigyan
"भूकंप विज्ञान के जरिए पृथ्वी की आंतरिक संरचना का अध्ययन किया जाता है।"
地震学
Transliteration: dìzhènxué
"地震学是地球物理学的一个重要分支。"
지진학
Transliteration: jijinhak
"지진학자들은 지진파를 분석하여 내부 구조를 파악합니다."
地震学
Transliteration: jishin-gaku
"地震学の研究によって防災対策が強化されている。"
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