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Richter scale en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈɹɪkt.ɚ skeɪl/ (Canada, US)
Etymology
Named after American seismologist Charles Richter (1900–1985), whose name derives from German Richter (“judge”).
Meanings
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A value on the Richter scale.
The students also faced and experienced earthquakes at various Richter scales.
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Relateds
moment magnitude scale · Torino scale · Fujita scale
Richter scale en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈɹɪkt.ɚ skeɪl/ (Canada, US)
Etymology
Named after American seismologist Charles Richter (1900–1985), whose name derives from German Richter (“judge”).
Meanings
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A logarithmic scale used to express the energy released by an earthquake, each increase of 1 representing a 31-fold increase in energy, and a 10-fold increase in the measured wave amplitude.
“The Richter scale is an old scale developed for California. It is only good for smaller quakes, and is not very good at differentiating the sizes of bigger shocks,” said McGuire.
2025 March 28, Nicola Davis, quoting Bill McGuire, “What caused Myanmar and Thailand earthquake and how big was it?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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Translations (36)
id skala Richter (logarithmic scale) · ht echèl Richter (logarithmic scale) · ga scála Richter (logarithmic scale) · sh Рихтерова скала (logarithmic scale) · fr échelle de Richter (logarithmic scale) · sv richterskala (logarithmic scale) · pt escala de Richter (logarithmic scale) · haw pālākiō ikehu ōlaʻi (logarithmic scale) · uk шкала́ Рі́хтера (logarithmic scale) · sh Richterova skala (logarithmic scale) · cmn 芮氏地震規模 /芮氏地震规模 (logarithmic scale) · bg скала на Ри́хтер (logarithmic scale) · pt escala Richter (logarithmic scale) · kk Рихтер бағамы (logarithmic scale) · ko 리히터 규모 (logarithmic scale) · fi Richter-asteikko (logarithmic scale) · cs Richterova stupnice (logarithmic scale) · es escala Richter (logarithmic scale) · cs Richterova škála (logarithmic scale) · cmn 黎克特制震級 /黎克特制震级 (logarithmic scale) · ja リヒター・スケール (logarithmic scale) · el κλίμακα Ρίχτερ (logarithmic scale) · es escala de Richter (logarithmic scale) · hu Richter-skála (logarithmic scale) · sh Richterova ljestvica (logarithmic scale) · nl schaal van Richter (logarithmic scale) · ru шкала́ Ри́хтера (logarithmic scale) · ar مِقْيَاس رِيخْتَر (logarithmic scale) · it scala Richter (logarithmic scale) · fa مقیاس ریشتر (logarithmic scale) · de Richterskala (logarithmic scale) · sh Рихтерова љествица (logarithmic scale) · pl skala Richtera (logarithmic scale) · cmn 里氏地震規模 (logarithmic scale) · be шкала́ Ры́хтэра (logarithmic scale) · tr Richter ölçeği (logarithmic scale)