adj. Of or pertaining to a line on a map connecting places simultaneously affected by a seismic event.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
The term used by Mallet to designate the curve or line along which a wave of earthquake-shock “simultaneously [synchronously] reaches the earth's surface”; the crest of a wave of shock. See homoseismal, isochrone, isoseismal.
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adj. being where earthquake waves arrive simultaneously
Word Usage
"If, however, the number of observations is large for the size of the disturbed area, the construction of coseismal lines may define approximately the position of the epicentre."