hypocentre

English

Alternative forms

hypocenter (US)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπό (under) + κέντρον (centre)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hypocentre (plural hypocentres)

(geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
(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

Galician: hipocentro (gl)
Greek: υπόκεντρο (el) n (ypókentro)

Anagrams

hypocenter, necrophyte, nephrocyte

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