Branch of science concerned with earthquakes

• The branch of geology that studies earthquakes

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The study of the vibration of the Earth's interior caused by natural and unnatural sources, such as earthquakes.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1852, from seismo- + -logy . Related: Seismological (1850).

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Seismology (; from Ancient Greek σεισμός ( seismós ) meaning "earthquake" and -λογία ( -logía ) meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies. The field ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of geology that studies earthquakes

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Seismology \Seis*mol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ??? an earthquake + -logy.] The science of earthquakes.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Since my first attachment to seismology , I have had a horror of predictions and of predictors.