epifocaladj.
/ɛpɪˈfəʊkəl/ Geology.
Situated above the focus of an earthquake.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [adjective] > earthquake > epicentre or epifocus
epicentral1887
epifocal1898
1898 J. Milne Seismol. x. 195 Mallet's well known method..might..outside an epifocal area, be equally well used for the..determination of the maximum slopes of surface waves.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 608/1 Causes which should produce magnetic effects within an epifocal district.
1910 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 817/2 [article Earthquake] That part of the surface of the earth which is vertically above the centre is called the epicentre; or, if of considerable area, the epicentral or epifocal tract.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
adj.1898- put in or to the venture
- put in pension
- put in place
- put in play
- put in pledge
- put in point
- put in practice
- put in press
- put in prison
- put in remembrance
- put in remembrance of
- put in repair
- put in requisition
- put in respite
- put in resplait
- put in rule
- put in sacrifice
- put in security
- put in shoes
- put in suit
- put in suspense
- put in the boot
- put in the chair
- put in the corner
- put in the dozen