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

1 sense of richter scale

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