• fubo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    epicenter

    I do not think it means what you think it means.

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      1 year ago

      Epicentre - (formal) the central point of something

      edit: spelling

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        The epicenter is not the center; it’s a point above the center. It’s from seismology. An earthquake’s origin is beneath the earth’s surface. The epicenter is the point on the surface that’s directly above the origin point.

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          Yes, it is used like that. However, not just in english, but in many languages, epicentre is sometimes used with the meaning of “centre of something”.