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Etymology
From American seismologist Charles Richter, whose name derives from German Richter (“judge”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Richter scale
- (seismology) a logarithmic scale used to express the energy released by an earthquake, each increase of 1 representing a 32-fold increase in energy.
Translations
logarithmic scale
- Arabic: مِقْيَاس رِيخْتَر m (miqyās rīḵtar)
- Belarusian: шкала́ Ры́хтэра f (škalá Rýxtera)
- Bulgarian: скала на Ри́хтер f (skala na Ríhter)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 里氏地震規模 (Lǐ shì dìzhèn guīmó), 芮氏地震規模 / 芮氏地震规模 (Ruǐ shì dìzhèn guīmó), 黎克特制震級 / 黎克特制震级 (Líkètè zhì zhènjí)
- Czech: Richterova stupnice f, Richterova škála f
- Dutch: schaal van Richter (nl)
- Finnish: Richter-asteikko
- French: échelle de Richter (fr) f
- German: Richterskala (de) f
- Greek: κλίμακα Ρίχτερ (el) f (klímaka Ríchter)
- Haitian Creole: echèl Richter
- Hawaiian: pālākiō ikehu ōlaʻi
- Hungarian: Richter-skála
- Indonesian: skala Richter
- Irish: scála Richter m
- Italian: scala Richter f
- Japanese: リヒター・スケール (Rihitā-sukēru)
- Kazakh: Рихтер бағамы (Rixter bağamy)
- Korean: 리히터 규모 (Rihiteo gyumo)
- Persian: مقیاس ریشتر (meqyâs-e rišter)
- Polish: skala Richtera f
- Portuguese: escala Richter f (Brazil), escala de Richter f (Portugal)
- Russian: шкала́ Ри́хтера f (škalá Ríxtera)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Рихтерова скала f, Рихтерова љествица f
- Roman: Richterova skala f, Richterova ljestvica f
- Spanish: escala Richter f, escala de Richter f
- Swedish: richterskala (sv) c
- Turkish: Richter ölçeği
- Ukrainian: шкала́ Рі́хтера f (škalá Ríxtera)
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Noun
Richter scale (plural Richter scales)
- A value on the Richter scale
The students also faced and experienced earthquakes at various Richter scales.
See also