Defenition of the word richter scale
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Defenition of the word richter scale
- a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 used to express the energy released by an earthquake
- 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
Synonyms for the word richter scale
Hypernyms for the word richter scale
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- graduated table
- ordered series
- scale
- scale of measurement
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