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 ['ɜ:θkweɪk] adj.

environ.

terremoto

English thesaurus

earthquake ['ɜ:θkweɪk] abbr.

abbr., amer.

temblor (a Spanish loanword Val_Ships)

earthquake

: 36 phrases in 8 subjects

Astronomy	2
Construction	8
Earth sciences	19
Environment	2
Insurance	2
Law	1
Life sciences	1
Technology	1


proof
gen.	prova; prova d'artista; bozza di stampa; cianografica
astr.	dimostrazione
commun.	bordo da raffilare
cultur.	bozza
econ.	prova
fin.	fondo specchio; proof


structure
gen.	strutturare
comp., MS	struttura
construct.	costruzione
IT	struttura di layout; struttura di presentazione
med.	configurazione
met.	tessitura
pwr.lines.	sostegno
structures
el.tract.	sostegno