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Noun: Richter scale  'rik-tu(r),skeyl or 'rixh-tu(r),skeyl
  1. (geology) 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

Type of: graduated table, ordered series, scale, scale of measurement

Encyclopedia: Richter scale

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