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hypocentres

hypocentres is the plural of hypocentre.

Meaning of hypocentre

Noun

hypocentre (plural hypocentres)

  1. The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
  2. The point on the surface below an atmospheric explosion; ground zero

Questions about hypocentres

What is hypocentres the plural of?
Hypocentres is the plural of hypocentre.

Words near hypocentres in the dictionary

  1. hypocellularity
  2. hypocenter
  3. hypocenters
  4. hypocentral
  5. hypocentre
  6. hypocentres
  7. hypocercal
  8. hypocerebral
  9. hypochiasmatic
  10. hypochilid
  11. hypochilids

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