• Tocano
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    2 years ago

    Epicentre - (formal) the central point of something

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    • @fubo@lemmy.world
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      12 years ago

      The epicenter is not the center; it’s a point above the center. It’s from seismology. An earthquake’s origin is beneath the earth’s surface. The epicenter is the point on the surface that’s directly above the origin point.

      • Tocano
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        2 years ago

        Yes, it is used like that. However, not just in english, but in many languages, epicentre is sometimes used with the meaning of “centre of something”.