Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypocentral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hypocen-tral
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.

Example Sentences

"It moved through the hypocentral region of the most recent magnitude 6 Parkfield earthquakes, triggering a succession of increasingly energetic episodes of slip-induced seismicity, and culminated with near complete relaxation in that region."

Questions

What does hypocentral mean?: Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.

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