1. Seismic Shift Meaning Examples
2. Seismic Shift Meaning Math

English[edit]

• Seismic Shift is now available on demand for the marketing, sales, and enablement community! New ideas pop when leaders and experts come together to share their experiences. There has been hot debate on social channels regarding the choice of words and their meaning.
• (Seismology is the study of earthquakes.) The implication is that the change being described is so significant that the earth will move under your feet. Like paradigm shift, this phrase has become overused marketing hype.
• Causing a very great change in a situation a seismic shift in people ’s attitudes Synonyms and related words Definition and synonyms of seismic from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education.

Seismic definition is - of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake; also: of or relating to an earth vibration caused by something else (such as an explosion or the impact of a meteorite). How to use seismic. 3 - Seismic Shift: The Transatlantic Digital Economy The digital revolution continues to shake and shape the way we live, learn, work and play. The numbers are astounding. More than 5.19 billion people now use mobile phones, 4.5 billion people are now online, and 3.8 billion use social media. Every minute they buy.

Etymology[edit]

An allusion to the drastic change to the landscape caused by a massive earthquake.

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Noun[edit]

(pluralseismic shifts)

1. (idiomatic) A fundamentalreorientation of a state of affairs.
   • 1958, Waldo Frank, 'Mexico' in The Romance of North America (Hardwick Moseley, ed.), Houghton Mifflin, p. 127 (Google snippet view):

     The seismic shift in Mexico began in 1810 with the movement toward independence from Spain.

   • 1999 Dec. 6, Eamon Phoenix, 'Peace Is Breaking Out,' Time(retrieved 19 May 2015):

     For the republican movement, the acceptance of seats in a 'partitionist' Assembly signaled a seismic shift in historical attitudes since the division of Ireland in 1921.

   • 2007 Dec. 10, 'Most Important of 2007,' Businessweek(retrieved 19 May 2015):

     [T]he U.S. could be on the verge of a seismic shift, where it is possible to envision a time when it will no longer be the dominant economic superpower.

   • 2011 Feb. 5, 'The Aging of America,' New York Times(retrieved 19 May 2015):

     Baby boomers began turning 65 in January, heralding a seismic shift in demographics worldwide.

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Usage notes[edit]

• Often used in social, political, or economic contexts.

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