meiurus

n. See miurus. meizoseísmal (mi-zō-sis'mal), a. and n. [Irreg. - Meizoseismal curve, that curve which connects points upon the earth's surface in which the upsetting or overturning power of an earthquake-shock was a maxi mum. Within the meizoseismal curve the shock has le overturning power, because then its direction is more vertical; without, because, though more horizontal, the power of the shock has become weakened by distance of transmi ion. Mallet , in Admiralty Manual of Scientific Enquiry II. n. In seismological nomenclature, a curve uniting points of of maximum disturbance or "overthrow" ( Mallet ), or those at which the effects of any earthquake-shock have been felt with the greatest violence. meizoseismic (mi