Definitions for epicenters

epicenters ep·i·cen·ter

Spelling: [ep-uh-sen-ter]
IPA: /ˈɛp əˌsɛn tər/

Epicenters is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 657 anagrams from letters in epicenters (ceeeinprst).

Definitions for epicenters

noun

  1. Also, epicentrum. Geology. a point, directly above the true center of disturbance, from which the shock waves of an earthquake apparently radiate.
  2. a focal point, as of activity:

Origin of epicenters

1885-90; New Latin epicentrum Greek epíkentros on the center. See epi-, center

Examples for epicenters

It removes Europe as the epicenter of creativity in a post-African world.

The ground motion near the epicenter was so violent that the tops of some trees were snapped off.

It seemed that I, a staunch feminist, had found myself in the epicenter of macho culture.

Orlando, Florida, is best known as the epicenter of fabricated family fun.

New York took over as the epicenter of fashion due to the difficulties communicating with France during the war.

Liberia, the epicenter of the epidemic, was relying on just 50 doctors to care for the entire nation before the outbreak occurred.

The fact that these tensions are present even at the epicenter of the mindfulness world is telling.

The location of an earthquake is commonly described by the geographic position of its epicenter and by its focal depth.

Since then, Kisangani has been the epicenter of nearly every rebellion in the Congo.

The Santa Cruz mountains suffered little damage from the seismic waves, even though they were close to the epicenter.

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