Definition of Epicentra

1. epicentrum [n] - See also: epicentrum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epicentra

epicatechin
epicede
epicedes
epicedia
epicedial
epicedium
epicellular
epicene pronoun
epicene pronouns
epicenes
epicenism
epicenisms
epicenter
epicenters
epicentra (current term)
epicentral
epicentre
epicentres
epicentrum
epicerastic
epichirema
epichiremas
epichiremata
epichlorohydrin
epichlorohydrins
epichordal
epichorial
epichoric
epicier

Literary usage of Epicentra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mining Engineer (1904)
"Isolated and infrequently active epicentra may be generally traced, with a considerable show of reason, to some local geological "accident" or fault-line. ..."

2. Transactions by North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (1905)
"Seismic epicentra are disseminated all over this area, but attention is directed to ... Isolated and infrequently active epicentra may be generally traced, ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"Shows the arch-bearing rings formed by union of epicentra, efi.c., ... A little further reduction of the epicentra leads to the condition found in ..."

4. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1891)
"I believe that the true positions of the epicentra cannot differ by more than a mile (if by so much) from the positions indicated for the four principal ..."

5. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America by Seismological Society of America (1911)
"In connection with this subject of faults or epicentra, I believe that the most ... And in this matter of location of epicentra the determination of the ..."

6. Report of Meeting by ANZAAS, ANZAAS. (1891)
"H is a map of New Zealand with the epicentra or epicen- tric areas marked upon it, ... The epicentra, as will be seen at once, fall into several groups, ..."

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