FORESHOCK


Meaning of FORESHOCK in English

/fawr"shok', fohr"-/ , n. Geol.

a relatively small earthquake that precedes a greater one by a few days or weeks and originates at or near the focus of the larger earthquake.

[ 1900-05; FORE- + SHOCK 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .