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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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        1 year ago

        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”.

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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”. Moreover, the surface of the Global South is still the Global South, so it is irrelevant.