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Richter scale vs scale of measurement

scale of measurement vs Richter scale

Richter scale and scale of measurement both are nouns.

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

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