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epicentring

epicentring is the present participle and gerund of epicentre.

Meaning of epicentre

Verb

epicentre (third-person singular simple present epicentres, present participle epicentring, simple past and past participle epicentred)

  1. Of an earthquake: to have its epicentre (at a specified location).
    • The records of disturbances epicentering closer to the station, notably those of 1914 in Los Santos Province of the Republic of Panama, about 120 miles from Balboa Heights, have usually been less satisfactory than this record […]1916, Canal Record, volume 9, page 28

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Questions about epicentring

What is epicentring the present participle and gerund of?
Epicentring is the present participle and gerund of epicentre.

Words near epicentring in the dictionary

  1. epicentral
  2. epicentrals
  3. epicentre
  4. epicentred
  5. epicentres
  6. epicentring
  7. epicerastic
  8. epicerastics
  9. epichaperome
  10. epichaperomes
  11. epicharicacy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epicentring (page history and authors); epicentre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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