HYPOCENTRE

Etymology

Noun

hypocentre (plural hypocentres)

(geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.

(military) The point on the surface below an atmospheric explosion; ground zero

Antonyms

• epicentre

Hyponyms

• ground zero

Anagrams

• hypocenter, necrophyte, nephrocyte

Source: Wiktionary



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ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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