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Definition: Epicenter |
EpicenterNoun1. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Geography | Point on the earth's surface which is directly above the focus of an earthquake. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geological | That point on the Earth's surface directly above the hypocenter of an earthquake. (references) |
Science | The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake. The epicenter is where the earthquake begins. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: EpicenterSynonym: epicentre (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Epicenter |
| Specialty definitions using "epicenter": Central Angle ♦ Isoseismal Line ♦ meizoseismal curve ♦ shadow zone, surface faulting. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Epicenter (2000) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
epicenter | 82 |
diego epicenter san | 10 |
earth epicenter quake | 10 |
audio control epicenter | 7 |
audio car epicenter | 4 |
autocontrol epicenter | 4 |
epicenter technology | 3 |
epicenter mesa mira | 3 |
cucamonga epicenter rancho | 3 |
epicenter waukesha | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "epicenter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 震央 (epicentre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | epicentrum (epicentre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | epicentrum (epicentre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مرکززلزله . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | episentrumi (epicentre), pintakeskus (epicentre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | épicentre (epicentre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Mittelpunkt (center, centre, focal point, focus, hub, middle, midpoint, mid-point, pivot), epizentrum (epicentre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επίκεντρο (epicentre, focal point). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | episentrum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | epicentro (epicentre, epicentrum, focus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 震源地 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | し"おう (earthquake centre, epicentre, esoteric doctrines, mysteries), し"'"ち, し"'" (advice, counsel, earthquake centre, epicentre, maxim, proposal, proverb, solemn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epicenteray epicentro (epicentre, epicentrum, Epicure), hermafrodita (hermaphrodite, Hermaphroditic, Hermes, monofilament). (various references) эпицентр (epicentre). (various references) epicentro (epicentre, epicentrum). (various references) epicentrum (epicentre). (various references) พื้น"ินเหนือศูนย์กลางการสั่นสะเทือนของแผ่น"ินไหว, จุ"ศูนย์กลาง (base, hub, navel). (various references) merkez üssü (epicentre, epicentrum), deprem merkezi (epicentre, epicentrum), can alıcı nokta (epicentre, epicentrum, quick, tender spot, the most sensitive spot). (various references) епіцентр (epicentre, epicentrum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "epicenter": epicenters. (additional references) | |
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"Epicenter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: depocentre, Eisenger, expocenter, expocentre, medicentre. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "epicenter" (pronounced e"puse'nter) |
| 5 | -s e' n t er | multicenter, Supercenter. |
| 4 | -e' n t er | experimenter, tormentor. |
| 3 | -n t er | banter, blunter, canter, Cantor, carpenter, center, centre, counter, covenanter, discounter, dissenter, enchanter, encounter, enter, fainter, grantor, headhunter, Hunter, inventor, mentor, Midwinter, Minter, overwinter, painter, planter, pointer, presenter, printer, punter, reenter, renter, saunter, splinter, sprinter, Stentor, Venter, winter. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-i-n-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: prentice, pretence, terpenic. | |
-2 letters: creepie, enteric, enticer, epicene, percent, precent, preteen, receipt, teenier, terpene. | |
-3 letters: center, centre, cerite, cretin, entice, entire, entree, eterne, incept, pecten, pectin, peerie, piecer, pierce, pincer, prince, pterin, recent, recept, recipe, recite, repent, repine, retene, retine, teener, tenrec, tierce, triene. | |
-4 letters: citer, creep, crepe, crept, cripe, eerie, enter, erect, inept. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-i-n-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: epicenters, percentile, pertinence. | |
+2 letters: centerpiece, intercepted, intercepter, percentiles, persistence, pertinences, preelecting, preelection, preerecting, reinspected, unreceptive. | |
+3 letters: centerpieces, decipherment, encipherment, impertinence, intemperance, intercepters, interspecies, persistences, pertinencies, petrogenetic, preelections, preexistence, prepotencies, preselecting, preselection, unperceptive. | |
+4 letters: decipherments, encipherments, imperfectness, impertinences, intemperances, interepidemic, interoceptive, nephelometric, nephrectomies, nephrectomize, persistencies, preanesthetic, preexistences, preselections, presentencing, receptiveness, superinfected. | |
+5 letters: chemoreception, complementizer, hyperefficient, hyperenergetic, hyperexcretion, hypersecretion, impertinencies, nephrectomized, nephrectomizes, pectinesterase, perceptiveness, perfectiveness, postexperience, preanesthetics, presentencings, protectiveness, respectiveness, superefficient, teleprocessing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 70 69 63 65 6E 74 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .--. .. -.-. . -. - . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110000 01101001 01100011 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E p i c e n t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0070 0069 0063 0065 006E 0074 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)398275697180867184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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