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seismicity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables
seis-mic-i-ty
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure or a degree of how seismic a region is or how prone it is to earthquakes.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English seismic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English seismicity From seismic + -ity.

Usage

Inflected Forms

seismicities (plural)

Derived Forms

astroseismicity microseismicity paleoseismicity

Questions

What does seismicity mean?
A measure or a degree of how seismic a region is or how prone it is to earthquakes.
Where does seismicity come from?
Etymology tree English seismic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English seismicity From seismic + -ity.

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