seisˈmologist
[f. seismology + -ist.]
An investigator or student of seismology.
| 1859 R. Mallet in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1858 133 The subject appears to me worthy of more examination at the hands of Vulcanologists and Seismologists. 1868 R. A. Proctor in Chamb. Jrnl. 7 Nov. 710/1 The most eminent seismologists. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 604/1 The ordinary apparatus employed by seismologists. 1955 Sci. Amer. Sept. 168/2 Our values agree well with those obtained by seismologists, who measure the thickness of the crust by the travel time of earthquake waves. 1973 Nature 27 July 195/2 This region of northern California, highly populated with seismologists and seismometers, is proving to be quite a testing ground for prediction. |