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seismic moment

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
seis-mic -mo-ment
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A quantity used to determine the size of an earthquake. Calculated either from a seismogram, or from the measurement of the area affected and the displacement of the rocks.

Inflected Forms

seismic moments (plural)

Phrases

moment magnitude scale

Frequently Paired Words

moment magnitude scale

Questions

What does seismic moment mean?
A quantity used to determine the size of an earthquake. Calculated either from a seismogram, or from the measurement of the area affected and the displacement of the rocks.

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