hypocentre

English

Alternative forms

• hypocenter (US)

Etymology

hypo- +‎ centre; from Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under-, sub-”) and Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hy‧po‧cen‧tre
• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Noun

hypocentre (plural hypocentres)

1. (geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
2. (military) The point on the surface below an atmospheric explosion; ground zero

Antonyms

• epicentre

Hyponyms

• ground zero

Related terms

• hypocentral

Translations

focus of an earthquake

• Dutch: hypocentrum (nl) n
• Esperanto: hipocentro (eo)
• Finnish: hyposentri
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• French: hypocentre (fr) m
• Galician: hipocentro (gl)
• German: Hypozentrum (de) n
• Greek: υπόκεντρο (el) n (ypókentro)
• Romanian: hipocentru (ro) n, focar seismic (ro) n

Anagrams

• hypocenter, necrophyte, nephrocyte

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

hypocentre m (plural hypocentres)

1. hypocentre

Further reading

• “hypocentre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.