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Webster 1913 Edition


Seismal

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Seis′mic

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Seis′mal

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Adj.
[Gr.
σεισμόσ
an earthquake, from
σείειν
to shake.]
Of or pertaining to an earthquake; caused by an earthquake.
Seismic vertical
,
the point upon the earth’s surface vertically over the center of effort or focal point whence the earthquake's impulse proceeds, or the vertical line connecting these two points.