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9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
originFrom epi- (“over, on top”) + centre, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”). Sense of “center of an activity (particularly a disaster)” (1908) by generalization from earthquakes, possibly influenced by epidemic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
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- pectin 10
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