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[ep-uh-sen-ter]

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noun

Also, epicentrum. Geology. a point, directly above the true center of disturbance, from which the shock waves of an earthquake apparently radiate.

a focal point, as of activity: Manhattan's Chinatown is the epicenter of the city's Chinese community.

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Also, especially British, ep·i·cen·tre.

Origin:
1885–90; < Neo-Latin epicentrum < Greek epíkentros on the center. See epi-, center

Related forms

ep·i·cen·tral, adjective

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epicentre or epicenter (ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə)

—n
1.	Compare focus the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake or underground nuclear explosion
2.	informal the absolute centre of something: the epicentre of world sprinting

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

epicenter or epicenter

—n

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

epi'central or epicenter

—*adj*

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epicentre

British spelling of epicenter; for spelling, see -er.

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