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Focal point of an earthquake
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epicenter
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1885 in seismology, "point on the earth's surface directly above the center or focus of an earthquake," from Modern Latin epicentrum (1879 in geological use); see epi- + center (n.). Related: Epicentral (1866).
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Epicenter is a public art work by artist Ernest Carl Shaw located at the Lynden Sculpture Garden near Milwaukee , Wisconsin . The sculpture is an abstract form made of several steel bars set at angles; it is rust -colored and installed on the lawn.
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake [syn: epicentre ]
Usage examples of epicenter.
At the very epicenter of Hell squatted Lucifer, the archfiend of all Creation.
It was the epicenter of Eurosexuals, teeming with dark-haired men who stood in the middle of the restaurant, hovering above their cassoulets, nicoises, and croque monsieurs.
Well, until that happy day, we'll be well away from the epicenter when the Crash comes which Alden says is coming.
Others, hit by spinning debris or caught in the flames spreading from the epicenters of the targets, stumbled screaming in pain and terror.
The mortar that Roger had dropped lay in fat shards at the epicenter of the black burst, making Daniel think of the cannon that had exploded at the “Siege of Maestricht,” and other such disasters he had heard about lately aboard ships of the Royal Navy.
Dating from the time at which it may be assumed that McHogue first placed the CI modules into operation, there is a growing body of evidencenavigational instrument deviations, subspace sensor readings, and the likethat a fundamental cosmological shift is taking place, with the city of Moagitty functioning as its epicenter.