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走時 (そうじ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

走そう時じ

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Meanings

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noun

travel time

Technical term used mainly in seismology and wave physics for the time taken by a wave or shock to travel to observation point.

地じ震しん波はの走そう時じを解かい析せきして震しん源げんの位い置ちを推すい定ていする。
The location of the epicenter is estimated by analyzing the travel time of seismic waves.

Kanji

走run
時time, hour

Etymology

Compound of 走 (run, travel) and 時 (time). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of travel time in scientific contexts.