seismology

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seis·mol·o·gy /saɪzˈmɒlədʒi $ -ˈmɑː-/ noun [uncountable] HEGthe scientific study of earthquakes 地震学 —seismologist noun [countable]

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seismology• Since my first attachment to seismology, I have had a horror of predictions and of predictors.

scientific Corpus the of earthquakes study

seismology
seis‧mol‧o‧gy /saɪzˈmɒlədʒi $ -ˈmɑː-/

noun [uncountable]
the scientific study of earthquakes
—seismologist noun [countable]

seis·mol·ogy

BrE

/saɪzˈmɒlədʒi/

NAmE

/saɪzˈmɑːlədʒi/

noun

[uncountable]

the scientific study of earthquakes 地震学

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seis·mo·logic·al

BrE

/ˌsaɪzməˈlɒdʒɪkl/

NAmE

/ˌsaɪzməˈlɑːdʒɪkl/

adjective

◆the National Seismological Institute国家地震研究所

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seis·molo·gist

BrE

/ˌsaɪzˈmɒlədʒɪst/

NAmE

/ˌsaɪzˈmɑːlədʒɪst/

noun