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Meaning of "hypocentre" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPOCENTRE

hypocentre  [ˈhaɪpəʊˌsɛntə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPOCENTRE

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hypocentre is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HYPOCENTRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hypocentre

Hypocenter

The hypocenter refers to the site of an earthquake or a nuclear explosion. In the former, it is a synonym of the focus; in the latter, of ground zero.

Definition of hypocentre in the English dictionary

The definition of hypocentre in the dictionary is Also called: ground zero. the point on the ground immediately below the centre of explosion of a nuclear bomb in the atmosphere.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPOCENTRE


barycentre
ˈbærɪˌsɛntə
center
ˈsɛntə
centre
ˈsɛntə
circumcenter
ˈsɜːkəmˌsɛntə
circumcentre
ˈsɜːkəmˌsɛntə
daycentre
ˈdeɪˌsɛntə
epicenter
ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə
epicentre
ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə
incentre
ˈɪnˌsɛntə
Jobcentre
ˈdʒɒbˌsɛntə
left-of-centre
ˈlɛftəvˌsɛntə
metacentre
ˈmɛtəˌsɛntə
orthocentre
ˈɔːθəʊˌsɛntə
pericenter
ˈpɛrɪˌsɛntə
pericentre
ˈpɛrɪˌsɛntə
placenta
pləˈsɛntə
right-of-centre
ˌraɪtəvˈsɛntə
Skillcentre
ˈskɪlˌsɛntə
subcenter
ˈsʌbˌsɛntə
supercenter
ˈsuːpərˌsɛntə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPOCENTRE

hypocalcemia
hypocalcemic
hypocaust
hypocenter
hypocentral
hypochlorite
hypochlorous
hypochlorous acid
hypochondria
hypochondriac
hypochondriacal
hypochondriacally
hypochondriasis
hypochondriasm
hypochondriast
hypochondrium
hypocist
hypocorism
hypocorisma
hypocoristic

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPOCENTRE

business centre
call centre
city centre
community centre
conference centre
convention centre
craft centre
drop-in centre
exhibition centre
fitness centre
garden centre
health centre
information centre
leisure centre
rencontre
resource centre
service centre
shopping centre
the Centre
town centre
training centre

Synonyms and antonyms of hypocentre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hypocentre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPOCENTRE

Find out the translation of hypocentre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hypocentre from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hypocentre» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

震源
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hipocentro
570 millions of speakers

English

hypocentre
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hypocentre
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مركز الانفجار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эпицентра
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hipocentro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hypocentre
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hypocentre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hipocentre
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hypozentrum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

爆心
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hypocentre
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hypocentre
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hypocentre
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதிர்ச்சி மையம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हाय कॉपेंद्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

depremlerde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hypocentre
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hypocentre
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

епіцентру
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hypocentre
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hypocentre
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hypocentre
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hypocentre
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hypocentre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hypocentre

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPOCENTRE»

The term «hypocentre» is normally little used and occupies the 140.412 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPOCENTRE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hypocentre» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hypocentre» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hypocentre

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPOCENTRE»

Discover the use of hypocentre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hypocentre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Seismic Monitoring in Mines
5.3 Joint hypocentre and velocity determination for clusters of events JHVD_C ( Joint Hypocentre and Velocity Determination for Clusters) is an extension of the location problem, since not only are hypocentre parameters retrieved, but also the ...
A.J. Mendecki, 1997
2
Issues in Biophysics and Geophysics Research and ...
We identify 16 reliable subevents in the frequency band 0.21 Hz, which mostly occurred around or west of the hypocentre in the downdip region. Analysis of Tohoku aftershocks shows that depth phases can often produce artefacts in the ...
‎2013
3
Plutonium in the Environment
Furthermore, the highest depositions were not recorded at the hypocentre area but rather at 2.8 km east of the hypocentre (Figs 4 and 5). The highest concentrations determined were 64.5 mBq/g (or 181 mBq/cm2) for 239+240Pu and 188 ...
A. Kudo, 2001
4
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Simplified Analyses ...
The simplest of these is the point source model. The reasons why an earthquake source has been considered as a point, with its focus or hypocentre at a depth and the epicentre at the Earth's surface, are small fault area (for earthquake ...
Milutin Srbulov, 2008
5
Western, Northern and Atlantic Canada, Grade 7
When this occurs, energy is released as shock waves, radiating from the focus or hypocentre. The hypocentre is the exact point where rock first cracks and moves. The point on Earth's crust directly above the hypocentre is called the epicentre.
Jennifer Lawson, 2004
6
Encyclopedia of Genetics
For those within 2 km of the hypocentre, the exposures were extremely variable. Humans are relatively radiation sensitive; it is estimated that about 450 roentgens (r) of whole-body gamma radiation delivered to the surface will kill half of an ...
Eric C.R. Reeve, 2014
7
Practical Environmental Statistics and Data Analysis
For a given rupture dimension (length and width) and rupture location, the location of the hypocentre along the strike is parameterised in terms of the normalised rupture length. The location of the hypocentre is assumed to be uniformly ...
Yue Rong, 2011
8
Earth's Crust
When this occurs, energy is released as shock waves, radiating from the focus or hypocentre. The hypocentre is the exact point where rock first cracks and moves. The point on Earth's crust directly above the hypocentre is called the epicentre.
Jennifer E. Lawson, 2004
9
Forensic Seismology and Nuclear Test Bans
7.4 Hypocentre estimation at the IDC Hypocentres published in the REB are estimated principally from times of direct P. Times from some supplementary phases and vector-slowness estimates from array and threecomponent stations may also ...
Alan Douglas, 2013
10
FUNDAMENTALS OF SOIL DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
The rupture of rocks causing an earthquake extends over quite some distance but the point beneath the earth's surface at which the rupture is initiated is called the hypocentre (or focus). Its depth is called the hypocentral (focal) depth, while the ...
BHARAT BHUSHAN PRASAD, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYPOCENTRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hypocentre is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Day They Dropped The Bomb
... who was just seven years old at the time and was one of only 14 people to survive within 750 metres of the hypocentre of the explosion. «ITV News, Jul 15»
2
Radiation in court: landmark success for Australia's nuclear veterans
... study which showed that areas to the north-west of the hypocentre of the blast experienced 'black rain' shortly after the bomb was detonated. «The Ecologist, Jun 15»
3
Quake Watch
This quake is believed to be an aftershock because the hypocentre occurred along the same fault as the previous one. However, the largest ... «Times of Malta, Jun 15»
4
Shaken again
It was estimated at 7.3 magnitude, with its hypocentre east of Kathmandu, the capital, in a village not far from Mount Everest (see map). That is ... «The Economist, May 15»
5
Nepal earthquake in 75 photos: All about the disaster that killed …
It's epicentre was approximately 34 km east-southeast of Lamjung in Nepal, and its hypocentre was at a depth of approximately 15 km. «Hindustan Times, May 15»
6
Shaken in the mountains
The quake's hypocentre was relatively shallow, about 11km below the surface, exacerbating the ground-shaking, says David Rothery, ... «The Economist, Apr 15»
7
Perth researchers reveal new insights into our Anzacs
... at two camps in Nagasaki, several Australian POWs survived the atom bombing with some as close as 1.7 kilometres from the hypocentre.". «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
8
Causal factors for seismicity near Azle, Texas
In the hypocentre zone, the Coulomb stress change is <1 KPa and of about the same size as tidal stresses. Because the change is likely one to ... «Nature.com, Apr 15»
9
Science of Earth's core takes a dramatic twist
It generally takes about five minutes for enough seismic measurements to compute the hypocentre – the time, latitude, longitude and depth of ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»
10
Nuclear weapons: Ending a threat to humanity
The Japanese Red Cross Hospital, 1.5 kilometres from the hypocentre of the Hiroshima bomb, was somehow still standing after the explosion. «ICRC, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hypocentre [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hypocentre>. May 2024 ».
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