Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shakemap

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shakemap
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A map showing ground movement and shaking intensity following major earthquakes.

Example Sentences

"The PAGER team takes information from a “shake map”—which guesses how much shaking there will be at various distances and directions from the earthquake’s epicenter—and compares that with a map of local populations."

Etymology

From ShakeMaps, the U.S. Geological Survey software that produces such maps; from shake + map.

Inflected Forms

shakemaps (plural) shake map (alternative)

Questions

What does shakemap mean?: A map showing ground movement and shaking intensity following major earthquakes.
Where does shakemap come from?: From ShakeMaps, the U.S. Geological Survey software that produces such maps; from shake + map.

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