epicentre

Definition of Epicentre in English :

1. epicenter, epicentre

the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Epicentre

noun

1. Also called: epicentrum

the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake or underground nuclear explosion

Compare focus (sense 6)

2. informal

the absolute centre of something

the epicentre of world sprinting

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