microseism

Questions about microseism

What does microseism mean?

microseism means "a small earthquake".

How many syllables are in microseism?

microseism has 3 syllables: mi-cro-seism. The stress falls on "mi".

What is another word for microseism?

Close synonyms include tremor, earth tremor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is microseism a common word?

microseism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.