hypocentre

English

Alternative forms

• hypocenter (US)

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.

Antonyms

• epicentre

Hyponyms

• ground zero

Related terms

• hypocentral

Translations

focus of an earthquake

• Esperanto: hipocentro (eo)
• Finnish: hyposentri
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Galician: hipocentro (gl)
• Greek: υπόκεντρο (el) n (ypókentro)

Anagrams

• hypocenter, necrophyte, nephrocyte