epicentre
noun/ˈepɪsentə(r)/
/ˈepɪsentər/
(US English epicenter)
- the point on the earth’s surface where the effects of an earthquake are felt most stronglyTopics The environmentc2
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- (formal) the central point of something
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Greek epikentros ‘situated on a centre’, from epi ‘upon’ + kentron ‘centre’.
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