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MERCALLI SCALE

Dictionary entry overview: What does Mercalli scale mean?

• MERCALLI SCALE (noun)
The noun MERCALLI SCALE has 1 sense:

1. a scale of earthquake intensity; an earthquake detected only by seismographs is a I and an earthquake that destroys all buildings is a XII

Familiarity information: MERCALLI SCALE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MERCALLI SCALE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A scale of earthquake intensity; an earthquake detected only by seismographs is a I and an earthquake that destroys all buildings is a XII

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("Mercalli scale" is a kind of...):

graduated table; ordered series; scale; scale of measurement (an ordered reference standard)

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