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noun • a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 formerly used to express the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of the size of seismograph oscillations | ||||||||
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noun • the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) • a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10 • relative importance | ||||||||
| 38% | 13 | Does not measure the magnitude of an earthquake | ||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
Used To Measure Earthquake Magnitude Crossword Clue
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Updated: October 13, 2023
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