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MERCALLI SCALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mercalli scale mean? 

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

1. a scale formerly used to describe the magnitude of an earthquake; an earthquake detected only by seismographs is a I and an earthquake that destroys all buildings is a XIIplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MERCALLI SCALE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A scale formerly used to describe the magnitude of an earthquake; 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)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)


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