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RICHTER SCALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Richter scale mean?
• RICHTER SCALE (noun)
The noun RICHTER SCALE has 1 sense:
1. a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 formerly used to express the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of the size of seismograph oscillations
Familiarity information: RICHTER SCALE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 formerly used to express the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of the size of seismograph oscillations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("Richter scale" is a kind of...):
graduated table; ordered series; scale; scale of measurement (an ordered reference standard)
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
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