seismology
noun
seis·mol·o·gy
sīz-ˈmä-lə-jē 
sīs-
: a science that deals with earthquakes and with artificially produced vibrations of the earth
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Measuring ongoing vibrations in the disk of the Milky Way — a kind of galactic seismology, Dr. Brown explained — has also led to evidence of an encounter with a satellite galaxy that orbits our own much more recently than scientists had believed.
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Katrina Miller, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
This would ensure California researchers could study seismology while their colleagues in Oklahoma specialized in petroleum geology.
—Trysh Travis / Made By History, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
Wave speed and energy loss were known to be affected by mineral grain size as well as temperature, so the authors used a physics model that linked seismology and mineral physics.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Study co-author Andreas Fichtner, a professor of seismology and wave physics at ETH Zurich, compared the finding to a doctor who has been using ultrasound to examine arteries inside the body for many years suddenly gaining a brand new method.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Katrina Miller, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
This would ensure California researchers could study seismology while their colleagues in Oklahoma specialized in petroleum geology.
—Trysh Travis / Made By History, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
Wave speed and energy loss were known to be affected by mineral grain size as well as temperature, so the authors used a physics model that linked seismology and mineral physics.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Study co-author Andreas Fichtner, a professor of seismology and wave physics at ETH Zurich, compared the finding to a doctor who has been using ultrasound to examine arteries inside the body for many years suddenly gaining a brand new method.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Seismology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seismology. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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seismology
noun
seis·mol·o·gy
sīz-ˈmäl-ə-jē
sīs-
: a science that deals with earthquakes and with artificially produced vibrations of the earth
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