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Noun: seismology  sIz'mó-lu-jee
  1. The branch of geology that studies earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies

Derived forms: seismologies

Type of: geophysical science, geophysics

Encyclopedia: Seismology

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