Meanings
plural epicenters
- USstandardUS standard spelling of epicentre.
Before the area was a tech epicenter, it was a bucolic land of fruit orchards.
2025 August 4, Sheera Frenkel, “How Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Aug 20251 more example
The US Geological Survey reported the earthquake’s epicenter hit about 15 miles southwest of Lamont – and roughly 25 miles south of Bakersfield – around 9:09 p.m. PT.
2024 August 7, Elizabeth Wolfe, “5.2 magnitude earthquake near Bakersfield rumbles through Southern California”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2024
present singular third person epicenters · participle present epicentering · participle past epicentered · past epicentered
- USstandardUS standard spelling of epicentre.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Cite this entry
epicenter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epicenter
“epicenter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epicenter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epicenter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epicenter.
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