seismicity

English

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.

Noun

seismicity (countable and uncountable, plural seismicities)

1. (geology) A measure or a degree of how seismic a region is or how prone it is to earthquakes.

Derived terms

• astroseismicity
• microseismicity
• paleoseismicity

Translations

factor of how seismic a region is

• Dutch: seismiciteit
• Finnish: seismisyys
• French: sismicité (fr) f
• German: Seismizität (de) f
• Italian: sismicità f
• Romanian: seismicitate (ro) f
• Spanish: sismicidad (es) f