a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
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shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
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shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology, Natural hazards.a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology, Natural hazards.a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology, Natural hazards.shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology, Natural hazards.an earthquake at the sea bed
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology, Natural hazards.shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology, Natural hazards.an instance of agitation of the earth's crust; "the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology, Natural hazards.a small earthquake
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology, Natural hazards.a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology, Natural hazards.a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology, Natural hazards.(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…
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(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shaking, vibration, surface, earth, resulting.Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the dist…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shaking, vibration, surface, earth, resulting.A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shaking, vibration, surface, earth, resulting.A complete course or vibration; time of vibration, as of a pendulum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shaking, vibration, surface, earth, resulting.the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several min…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shaking, vibration, surface, earth, resulting.the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several min…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shaking, vibration, surface, earth, resulting.The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shaking, vibration, surface, earth, resulting.(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shaking, vibration, surface, earth, resulting.(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shaking, vibration, surface, earth, resulting.(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shaking, vibration, surface, earth, resulting.That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portion…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shaking, vibration, surface, earth, resulting.the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several min…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shaking, vibration, surface, earth, resulting.
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