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earthquake
 earthquake
earth.sc. environ. sismo; terremoto
econ. sisma
| zone
 zone
gen. area
commun. cellula; cella
comp., MS zona; zona
life.sc. orizzonte

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earthquake ['ɜ:θkweɪk] adj.
earth.sc., environ. sismo; terremoto
econ. sisma
earthquake The violent shaking of the ground produced by deep seismic waves, beneath the epicentre, generated by a sudden decrease or release in a volume of rock of elastic strain accumulated over a long time in regions of seismic activity (tectonic earthquake). The magnitude of an earthquake is represented by the Richter scale; the intensity by the Mercalli scale adj.
environ. terremoto
 English thesaurus
earthquake ['ɜ:θkweɪk] abbr.
abbr., amer. temblor (a Spanish loanword Val_Ships)
earthquake: 36 phrases in 8 subjects
Astronomy2
Construction8
Earth sciences19
Environment2
Insurance2
Law1
Life sciences1
Technology1