foreshock
English
noun
Definitions
- (geology) A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence. Not all mainshocks have foreshocks.
- Any shock or disturbance which precedes an event
Etymology
Prefix from English shock.
Origin
English
shock
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftershock English
- antishock English
- countershock English
- cryoshock English
- downshock English
- earthshock English
- electroshock English
- footshock English
- future shock English
- intershock English
- macroshock English
- mainshock English
- microshock English
- midshock English
- nonshock English
- osmoshock English
- postshock English
- preshock English
- shock English
- shockability English
- shockable English
- shockdog English
- shockee English
- shocker English
- shockest English
- shocketh English
- shockfront English
- shockhead English
- shockless English
- shocklike English
- shockpeakon English
- shockproof English
- shocky English
- subshock English
- thundershock English
- upshock English
- schocken German
- scioccare Italian
- shock Italian
- shock Dutch, Flemish
- choc French
- choquer French
- шок Russian
- shock Spanish, Castilian
- shockear Spanish, Castilian
- ショック Japanese
- choquer Old French
- ŝoki Esperanto
- ŝoko Esperanto
- schokken Middle Dutch
- sốc Vietnamese
- 쇼크 Korean
- şok Crimean Tatar
- shock
- shocky
- shocker
- shockee
- upshock
- subshock
- shockdog
- preshock
- shockest
- shocketh
- nonshock
- midshock
- postshock
- shockless
- mainshock
- cryoshock
- antishock
- downshock
- shockhead
- osmoshock
- footshock
- shocklike
- shockable
- intershock
- shockfront
- earthshock
- shockproof
- microshock
- aftershock
- macroshock
- shockpeakon
- future shock
- thundershock
- shockability
- electroshock
- countershock