- bathyseism
- n. earthquake taking place at great depth.
Dictionary of difficult words. 2015.
bathyseism
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bathyseism — bathy·seism … English syllables
bathyseism — ˈbathə̇ˌsīzəm noun Etymology: bathy + seism : an earthquake of deep origin recordable at seismographic stations the world over … Useful english dictionary
bathy- — combining form Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek, from bathys deep; akin to Welsh boddi to drown, Sanskrit gāhate he dives into 1. : deep bathyseism … Useful english dictionary
