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earthquake (medicine)


earthquake


A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock. Earthquake alarm, a bell signal constructed to operate on the theory that a few seconds before the occurrence of an earthquake the magnet temporarily loses its power.

Source: Websters Dictionary


miliolite (iou)



miliolite noun. M19.
[formed as MILIOLINE + -ITE1.]
Geology & Palaeontology. A fossil milioline foraminifer; (in full miliolite limestone) a fine-grained limestone consisting largely of these.