epicentre (redirected from epicentres)

epicentre US, epicenter [ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə]

n pl -tres US, -ters

1. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake or underground nuclear explosion Compare focus [6]

2. Informal the absolute centre of something the epicentre of world sprinting

[from New Latin epicentrum, from Greek epikentros over the centre, from epi- + kentron needle; see centre]

epicentral  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

epicentre - the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake epicenter geographic point, geographical point - a point on the surface of the Earth

Translations

epicentre epicenter (US) [ˈepɪsentəʳ] N → epicentro m

epicentre [ˈɛpɪsɛntə^r] epicenter (US) n → épicentre m

epicentre, (US) epicenter

n → Epizentrum nt

epicentre epicenter (Am) [ˈɛpɪˌsɛntəʳ] n → epicentro

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epicentre epicenter (Am) [ˈɛpɪˌsɛntəʳ] n → epicentro