epicentre

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus, or hypocentre, of an earthquake.
2. The point on the surface of the earth directly above an underground explosion.
3. (figuratively, proscribed) The focal point of any activity, especially if dangerous or destructive.
4. (figuratively, proscribed) The geographical area in which an ongoing disaster, illness, crisis, or other destructive event is currently most severe.

Verb

Of an earthquake: to have its epicentre (at a specified location).

Conceptos

epicentro

Sinónimos

epicenter

epicentrum

epicenter

earthquake centre

earthquake center

focal point

Traducciones

épicentre

epicentro

επίκεντρο

Epizentrum

epicentre

epicentro

epicentrum

Erdbebenzentrum

Hypozentrum

Erdbebenherd

Ursprung

مَرْكَز

deprem merkezi

المركز السطحي للزلزال

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɛpɪˌsɛntɚ/

Etimología (Inglés)

From epi- (“over, on top”) + centre, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”).
Sense of “center of an activity (particularly a disaster)” (1908) by generalization from earthquakes, possibly influenced by epidemic.