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Kardashev scale en · PROPN

Etymology

Named after Russian astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev (1932–2019).

Meanings

1. A scale that measures the technological level of a civilization by the extent of its energy consumption.
   • Let us think of an ethical scale for civilizations in the same spirit as the Kardashev scale. I'll modestly call it the Hall scale. 2012, John R. Shook, Liz Stillwaggon Swan, Transformers and Philosophy: More than Meets the Mind, Open Court, →ISBN, page 10:
   • Earth's civilization during the late twentieth century when the Kardashev scale was first proposed, utilizing roughly 15 terawatts globally, would have been defined as approximately K0.71. 2014, Ian Douglas, Dark Matter (Star Carrier, Book 5), HarperCollins UK, →ISBN:

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