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English noun: Richter scale

1. Richter scale 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


Broader (hypernym)graduated table, ordered series, scale, scale of measurement


Domain categorygeology









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