epicentre

«epicentre» in Mova's school dictionary: the point on the Earth's surface right above where an… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an epicentre, epicentres) — UK spelling; US epicenter

meaning for a pupil

1) The epicentre is the point on the Earth's surface right above where an earthquake starts underground. tree →

2) The epicentre of something is its centre, where it is strongest or busiest. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons: the epicentre of an earthquake, shaking is strongest near it. In news and everyday talk: the epicentre of a storm, of the fun, of a problem. Phrases: the epicentre of, near the epicentre, epicentre of the earthquake.

examples

• The epicentre of the earthquake was under a small town. tree →
• Houses near the epicentre were badly damaged. tree →
• Scientists found the epicentre using readings from three places. tree →
• Our kitchen is the epicentre of family life. tree →
• The city was the epicentre of the floods. tree →
• The shaking was weaker far from the epicentre. tree →

note

Spelling: UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland, Canada epicentre; US epicenter. The focus is underground; the epicentre is on the surface above it. In maths: distances from the epicentre are measured in kilometres; damage usually drops as distance grows.

In the corpora

• The place underground where the slip starts is the focus, and the point on the surface right above it is the epicentre.
• The epicentre is the point on the surface directly above where an earthquake starts.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «epicentre» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.