hypocentre
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- hypocenter (US)
Etymology
[edit]From 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
Antonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]focus of an earthquake
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hypocentre m (plural hypocentres)
- hypocentre (presumed underground point where an earthquake originated)
Further reading
[edit]- “hypocentre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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