EPICENTRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epicentre mean? 

• EPICENTRE (noun)
  The noun EPICENTRE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: EPICENTRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPICENTRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

epicenter; epicentre

Hypernyms ("epicentre" is a kind of...):

geographic point; geographical point (a point on the surface of the Earth)

Domain region:

Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)