hypocentre
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- hypocenter (US)
Etymology[edit]
hypo- + centre; from Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under-, sub-”) and Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: hy‧po‧cen‧tre
- Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
hypocentre (plural hypocentres)
- (geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
- (military) The point on the surface below an atmospheric explosion; ground zero
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Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
focus of an earthquake
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
hypocentre m (plural hypocentres)
Further reading[edit]
- “hypocentre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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