hypocentre

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ὑπό (under) + κέντρον (centre)

Pronunciation

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

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.

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