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MOHS SCALE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mohs scale mean?

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

1. a scale of hardness of solids; talc is 0 and diamond is 10; ordering is determined by which substance can scratch another substance

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

Dictionary entry details

• MOHS SCALE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A scale of hardness of solids; talc is 0 and diamond is 10; ordering is determined by which substance can scratch another substance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

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

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

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