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aseismic (n.)[aseismic 词源字典]: "resistant to earthquake destruction," 1884, from a- (2) "not" + seismic.[aseismic etymology, aseismic origin, 英语词源]
seismic (adj.): 1858, from seismo- + -ic.
seismo-: word-forming element meaning "earthquake," from comb. form of Greek seismos "a shaking, shock; an earthquake," from seiein "to shake," from PIE root *twei- "to agitate, shake, toss."
seismogram (n.): record made by a seismograph or seismometer, 1888, from seismo- + -gram.
seismograph (n.): "instrument for measuring the motions of an earthquake," 1858, from seismo- + -graph. Based on Italian sismografo, coined and invented by Luigi Palmieri (1807-1896), director of meteorological observation on Mount Vesuvius. Related: Seismographic; seismography (1865).
seismologist (n.): 1859, from seismology + -ist.
seismology (n.): 1852, from seismo- + -logy. Related: Seismological (1850).
seismometer (n.): "instrument for measuring the intensity and motion of earthquakes," 1841, from seismo- + -meter. Originally different from a seismograph but now practically the same thing.
asteroseismology: "The study of the interior of stars by the observation and analysis of oscillations at their surface", 1980s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From ancient Greek ἀστερο-, combining form of ἀστήρ star + seismology.
asteroseismologist: "An expert in or student of asteroseismology", 1990s; earliest use found in Science. From ancient Greek ἀστερο-, combining form of ἀστήρ star + seismologist, after asteroseismology.