"hypocentre" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hypocentres [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ) Etymology: 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- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hypo-: 62 38 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: 10 90 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 34 66 Disambiguation of Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 24 76 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hypocenter [US] Hyponyms: ground zero Related terms: hypocentral

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