"hypocentre" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hypocentres [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ) Etymology: From hypo- + centre; from Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under-, sub-”) and Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hypo|centre}} hypo- + centre, {{derived|en|grc|ὑπο-||under-, sub-}} Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under-, sub-”), {{derived|en|grc|κέντρον||centre}} Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hypocentre (plural hypocentres)
  1. (geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre. Categories (topical): Geology Translations (focus of an earthquake): hiposentrum (Afrikaans), 震源 (chìn-goân) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 震源 (zan³ jyun⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 震源 (zhènyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), hypocentrum [neuter] (Dutch), hipocentro (Esperanto), hyposentri (Finnish), hypocentre [masculine] (French), hipocentro (Galician), Hypozentrum [neuter] (German), υπόκεντρο (ypókentro) [neuter] (Greek), 震源 (chṳ́n-ngièn) (Hakka Chinese), hiposentrum (Indonesian), 震源 (shingen) (alt: しんげん) (Japanese), 진원 (jinwon) (alt: 震源) (Korean), hipopusat (Malay), hipocentru [neuter] (Romanian), focar seismic [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-hypocentre-en-noun-EMBX7pAD Categories (other): English terms prefixed with hypo-, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hypo-: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 49 51 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'focus of an earthquake': 99 1
  2. (military) The point on the surface below an atmospheric explosion; ground zero Categories (topical): Military, Nuclear warfare
    Sense id: en-hypocentre-en-noun-tULYJBgM Disambiguation of Nuclear warfare: 9 91 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hakka translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Hakka translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Hokkien translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 9 91 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hypocenter [US] Hyponyms: ground zero Related terms: hypocentral

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "word": "hypocentre"
}

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