英语词汇“richter scale”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A logarithmic scale devised by Richter for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake or similar seismic event as calculated from the oscillations of a seismograph trace, and ranging from negative values for micro-earthquakes to about 8·9 for the most catastrophic. See also magnitude n. 2c.

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1935 C. F. Richter in Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer. 25 1 In the course of historical or statistical study of earthquakes in any given region it is frequently desirable to have a scale for rating these shocks in terms of their original energy, independently of the effects which may be produced at any particular point of observation.]

1936 Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer. 26 152 (table) 19 shocks of magnitude 5.5–6.5, Richter scale.

1966 Times 14 Feb. 10/7 The shock waves, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, were centred on the Soviet nuclear test area of Semipalatinsk.

1990 Independent 29 Sept. (Weekend section) 27/1 This earthquake measured 7.3 on the Richter scale, crushed two provinces and shook five others.

2005 BBC Focus Dec. 18/2 Engineers say the new bridge is designed to withstand quakes up to 7.2 on the Richter scale.

b. figurative. A notional scale measuring the intensity of something.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > that by which one measures

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1958 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 10 Nov. 9/1 There's no telling what the reading was on the Richter scale, but Saturday's earth-shaker between Pitt and Notre Dame sure left 'em shaking.

1967 Boston Sunday Herald 7 May (Show Guide) 17/1 This novel..falls somewhere between the sententiousness of Allen Drury and the political astuteness of Anthony Trollope—say about 4 on a Richter scale that measures the quakes of getting and holding office.

1977 H. Greene FSO-1 xix. 171 In an arm of government as seismologically sensitive as the Foreign Service, the news..was a shock on the level of six or seven on the diplomatic Richter scale.

1991 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Feb. 62/1 On the Richter scale of high divadom, this is a major quake.

2001 J. C. Grimwood Pashazade (2003) l. 318 Raf finally recognised the truth. She was barking, completely off the Richter scale.

单词	richter scale
释义	> as lemmas Richter scale Richter scale n. a. A logarithmic scale devised by Richter for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake or similar seismic event as calculated from the oscillations of a seismograph trace, and ranging from negative values for micro-earthquakes to about 8·9 for the most catastrophic. See also magnitude n. 2c. ΚΠ 1935 C. F. Richter in Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer. 25 1 In the course of historical or statistical study of earthquakes in any given region it is frequently desirable to have a scale for rating these shocks in terms of their original energy, independently of the effects which may be produced at any particular point of observation.] 1936 Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer. 26 152 (table) 19 shocks of magnitude 5.5–6.5, Richter scale. 1966 Times 14 Feb. 10/7 The shock waves, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, were centred on the Soviet nuclear test area of Semipalatinsk. 1990 Independent 29 Sept. (Weekend section) 27/1 This earthquake measured 7.3 on the Richter scale, crushed two provinces and shook five others. 2005 BBC Focus Dec. 18/2 Engineers say the new bridge is designed to withstand quakes up to 7.2 on the Richter scale. b. figurative. A notional scale measuring the intensity of something. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > that by which one measures measure1340 sheltron1377 scantling1587 scale1626 gauge1692 measurer1775 Richter scale1958 1958 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 10 Nov. 9/1 There's no telling what the reading was on the Richter scale, but Saturday's earth-shaker between Pitt and Notre Dame sure left 'em shaking. 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 7 May (Show Guide) 17/1 This novel..falls somewhere between the sententiousness of Allen Drury and the political astuteness of Anthony Trollope—say about 4 on a Richter scale that measures the quakes of getting and holding office. 1977 H. Greene FSO-1 xix. 171 In an arm of government as seismologically sensitive as the Foreign Service, the news..was a shock on the level of six or seven on the diplomatic Richter scale. 1991 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Feb. 62/1 On the Richter scale of high divadom, this is a major quake. 2001 J. C. Grimwood Pashazade (2003) l. 318 Raf finally recognised the truth. She was barking, completely off the Richter scale. extracted from Richtern. < as lemmas
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