Richter scale

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义
美 /ˈɹɪkt.ɚ skeɪl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A value on the Richter scale.
    — The students also faced and experienced earthquakes at various Richter scales.
专有名词
  1. A logarithmic scale used to express the energy released by an earthquake, each increase of 1 representing a 31-fold increase in energy, and a 10-fold increase in the measured wave amplitude.
    — “The Richter scale is an old scale developed for California. It is only good for smaller quakes, and is not very good at differentiating the sizes of bigger shocks,” said McGuire.

词形变化

the Richter scale canonical Richter scales plural

词源

词源 1
Named after American seismologist Charles Richter (1900–1985), whose name derives from German Richter (“judge”).
词源 2
Named after American seismologist Charles Richter (1900–1985), whose name derives from German Richter (“judge”).
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