earthquake

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Regno Unito//ˈɜːθkweɪk//
Stati Uniti//ˈɝθkweɪk//

A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.

sostantivo

1
A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.
Her alablaster brest she soft did kis, / Which all that while shee felt to pant and quake, / As it an Earth-quake were: at last she thus bespake.
Last year's earthquake crushed his house, his livelihood and very nearly his leg, he said, pointing to a plastered limb that refuses to heal.
2
Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies.
Since the response of some man-made structures to the ground motion near the epicenter is highly dependent on frequency, a significant difference in potential damage to the structures is expected between earthquakes and moonquakes.
The wave patterns, too, are strikingly different: The secondary (S) waves and surface waves on lunar seismograms are not generally as clearly defined and distinct as are those of earthquakes.
3
figuratoA sudden and intense upheaval; a severely disruptive event.
As we have seen, economic earthquakes often result in political shockwaves. […] He highlights a correlation between those states with the highest robot density and those states that unexpectedly swung behind Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, namely Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Leo Varadkar has announced he is standing down as Ireland’s prime minister and also giving up his role as leader of the Fine Gael party in the ruling coalition, in a surprise move described by pundits as a “political earthquake” for the country.

Etimologia

From Middle English erthequake, corresponding to earth + quake. Displaced Middle English eorð byfung (“earthquake”) from Old English eorþbeofung (literally “earth shaking”).

verbo

1
To undergo an earthquake.
Watch the Philippines very closely for the next little while. There is rumbling and earthquaking deep within Pinatubo and increased earthquaking within Mayon.

Forme

plurale: earthquakes
passato: earthquaked
participio passato: earthquaked
participio presente: earthquaking
3ª persona singolare: earthquakes

earth · Soil.Earth · The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which…earthly · Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven or…

earthquake · A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.

ease · Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily.easier · more easily easily · Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.

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