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Word: Epicentre
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from Greek epikentros ‘situated on a centre’, from epi ‘upon’ + kentron ‘centre’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
Short Definition:point on earth's surface vertically above focus of earthquake
Variant Forms:
- epicenter
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