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epicenters

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /-t̬ɚ/
    • /ˈep.ɪ.sen.tər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /-t̬ɚ/

Definition of epicenters word

  • noun epicenters Plural form of epicenter. 1

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Parts of speech for Epicenters

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

epicenters popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

epicenters usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for epicenters

noun epicenters

  • cores — Plural form of core.
  • foci — a plural of focus.
  • ganglia — Anatomy. a mass of nerve tissue existing outside the central nervous system. any of certain masses of gray matter in the brain, as the basal ganglia.
  • hearts — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.

Top questions with epicenters

  • how are faults foci and epicenters related?
  • how are epicenters located?
  • how are earthquake epicenters located?

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