microseismology
(maɪkrəʊsaɪzˈmɒlədʒɪ)
[f. microseism + -ology.]
The study or science of minute earth-tremors.
| 1884 Chamb. Jrnl. 762 The study of these slight movements of our great Mother is called microseismology. 1884 Athenæum 1 Nov. 566/2 The new branch of science which is directed to the observation of these minute tremors is to be called micro-seismology. |