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epicenter

noun
/ˈɛpɪˌsɛntɚ/US/ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə/UK

Etymology

From epi- + center.

  1. derived from κέντρον
  2. derived from centrum
  3. derived from centre
  4. inherited from center
  5. prefixed as epicenter — “epi- + center”

Definitions

  1. US standard spelling of epicentre.

    • Before the area was a tech epicenter, it was a bucolic land of fruit orchards.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for epicenter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA