Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mainshock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: main-shock
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The largest earthquake in a sequence, sometimes preceded by foreshocks and almost always followed by aftershocks which are of lesser intensity.

Etymology

From main + shock.

Inflected Forms

mainshocks (plural)

Questions

What does mainshock mean?: The largest earthquake in a sequence, sometimes preceded by foreshocks and almost always followed by aftershocks which are of lesser intensity.
Where does mainshock come from?: From main + shock.

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