epicentre

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Definition

  1. noun the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

Etymology

From epi- (“over, on top”) + centre, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”). Sense of “center of an activity (particularly a disaster)” (1908) by generalization from earthquakes, possibly influenced by epidemic.

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Synonyms

epicenter

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