hypocentre

English

Alternative forms

hypocenter (US)

Etymology

hypo- +‎ centre; from Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under-, sub-”) and Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hypocentre (plural hypocentres)

(geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
(military) The point on the surface below an atmospheric explosion; ground zero

Antonyms

epicentre

Hyponyms

ground zero

Related terms

hypocentral

Translations

focus of an earthquake

Afrikaans: hiposentrum
Chinese:
Cantonese: 震源 (zan³ jyun⁴)

Hakka: 震源 (chṳ́n-ngièn)

Hokkien: 震源 (chìn-goân)

Mandarin: 震源 (zh) (zhènyuán)
Dutch: hypocentrum (nl) n
Esperanto: hipocentro (eo)
Finnish: hyposentri
French: hypocentre (fr) m
Galician: hipocentro (gl)
German: Hypozentrum (de) n
Greek: υπόκεντρο (el) n (ypókentro)
Indonesian: hiposentrum (id)
Japanese: 震源 (ja) (しんげん, shingen)
Korean: 진원(震源) (ko) (jinwon)
Malay: hipopusat
Romanian: hipocentru (ro) n, focar seismic (ro) n

Anagrams

hypocenter, necrophyte, nephrocyte

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

hypocentre m (plural hypocentres)

hypocentre

Further reading

“hypocentre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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