Definitions for epicentre
epi·cen·tre

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1. epicenter, epicentrenoun

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

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1. epicentrenoun

   The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.

2. epicentrenoun

   The point on the surface directly above an underground explosion.

3. epicentrenoun

   The focal point of any activity, especially if dangerous or destructive.

4. Etymology: From ἐπί (on) + κέντρον (centre)

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1. epicentre

   The epicenter, epicentre () or epicentrum in seismology is the point on the Earth's surface directly above a hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or an underground explosion originates.

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1. epicentre

   The epicentre is the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the focus (or hypocenter), which is the actual location or origin point within the Earth where an earthquake or underground explosion originates. The epicentre is often used to refer to the most intense part of the earthquake or the site with the most severe damage.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of epicentre in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of epicentre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of epicentre in a Sentence

1. Li Bijian:

   If such large number of students come back, this will cost huge health operations for the Pakistani government. If the isolation facilities are not ready, this can cause another outbreak of this virus in Pakistan, so that's why I say this decision of not evacuating the students from the epicentre is difficult but a very good decision.

2. Tom Milliken:

   For Africa as a whole, this is the worst year in decades for rhino poaching, the poaching epicentre has spread to neighboring Namibia and Zimbabwe, but is nowhere near being extinguished in South Africa : despite some commendable efforts being made, we’re still a very long way from seeing the light at the end of this very dark tunnel.

3. Hans Kluge:

   Europe is the epicentre of the first pandemic of coronavirus and every country, with no exceptions, needs to take their boldest actions to stop or slow the virus spread, these are unprecedented times.

4. Daniel Ives:

   We view this (deception technologies) as a $3 billion market over the next three years, with Israel and Silicon Valley being the epicentre of this innovation wave.

5. Mike Ryan:

   South America has become a new epicentre of the disease.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=epicentre
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Epicentre
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicentre
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