Associations to the word «Foreshock»

Wiktionary

FORESHOCK, noun. (geology) A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence. Not all mainshocks have foreshocks.

Dictionary definition

FORESHOCK, noun. A tremor preceding an earthquake.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche