hypocentre

• hypocenter (US)

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

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

hypocentre (plural hypocentres)

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

• epicentre

• ground zero

• hypocentral

• hypocenter, necrophyte, nephrocyte

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• IPA^(key): /i.pɔ.sɑ̃tʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃tʁ
• Hyphenation: hy‧po‧cen‧tre

hypocentre m (plural hypocentres)

1. hypocentre (presumed underground point where an earthquake originated)

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