Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mercalli_scale

1 sense of mercalli scale

Sense 1
Mercalli scale -- (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)
       => scale, scale of measurement, graduated table, ordered series -- (an ordered reference standard; "judging on a scale of 1 to 10")