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Richter scale vs graduated table

graduated table vs Richter scale

Richter scale and graduated table both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Richter scale Yes No No No
graduated table Yes No No No
As nouns, graduated table is a hypernym of Richter scale; that is, graduated table is a word with a broader meaning than Richter scale:
  • Richter scale: 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
  • graduated table: an ordered reference standard
Other hypernyms of Richter scale include ordered series, scale, scale of measurement.
Richter scale (noun) graduated table (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 an ordered reference standard
Difference between Richter scale and graduated table

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