Example sentences from the Web for epicentre

The method employed by him for the purpose is no less simple theoretically than that used for locating the epicentre.
A Study of Recent Earthquakes|Charles Davison
Lines drawn through places around the epicentre at which the shock arrives at the same moment are called coseismal lines.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9|Various
With three exceptions, the records are insufficient to determine the positions of the epicentre with any approach to exactness.
A Study of Recent Earthquakes|Charles Davison
The point of origin is called the centre or seismic focus, and the place on the surface vertically over it the epicentre.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various

One of the first objects in the investigation of an earthquake is to determine the position and form of the epicentre.
A Study of Recent Earthquakes|Charles Davison

epicentre

US epicenter

/ (ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə) /

noun

the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake or underground nuclear explosionCompare focus (def. 6)

informal the absolute centre of somethingthe epicentre of world sprinting

Derived forms of epicentre

epicentral, adjective

Word Origin for epicentre

C19: from New Latin epicentrum, from Greek epikentros over the centre, from epi- + kentron needle; see centre

Words nearby epicentre

epicarp, Epicaste, epicedium, epicene, epicenter, epicentre, epicentrum, epic fail, epic hero, epichlorohydrin, epicist

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	epicentre
释义	Example sentences from the Web for epicentre The method employed by him for the purpose is no less simple theoretically than that used for locating the epicentre. A Study of Recent Earthquakes\|Charles Davison Lines drawn through places around the epicentre at which the shock arrives at the same moment are called coseismal lines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9\|Various With three exceptions, the records are insufficient to determine the positions of the epicentre with any approach to exactness. A Study of Recent Earthquakes\|Charles Davison The point of origin is called the centre or seismic focus, and the place on the surface vertically over it the epicentre. The New Gresham Encyclopedia\|Various One of the first objects in the investigation of an earthquake is to determine the position and form of the epicentre. A Study of Recent Earthquakes\|Charles Davison epicentre US epicenter / (ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə) / noun the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake or underground nuclear explosionCompare focus (def. 6) informal the absolute centre of somethingthe epicentre of world sprinting Derived forms of epicentre epicentral, adjective Word Origin for epicentre C19: from New Latin epicentrum, from Greek epikentros over the centre, from epi- + kentron needle; see centre Words nearby epicentre epicarp, Epicaste, epicedium, epicene, epicenter, epicentre, epicentrum, epic fail, epic hero, epichlorohydrin, epicist Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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