单词 | graduated table |
释义 | graduated table (once / 5909656 pages) n WORD FAMILY graduated table USAGE EXAMPLESIt was thirty feet long, and vibrated over a graduated table fixed to the floor. Various, The International Monthly, Volume 3...(2011) n an ordered reference standard Syn|Hypo|Hyper ordered series, scale, scale of measurement Beaufort scale, wind scale an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane) indexa numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number logarithmic scalescale on which actual distances from the origin are proportional to the logarithms of the corresponding scale numbers Mercalli scalea 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 Mohs scalea scale of hardness of solids; talc is 0 and diamond is 10; ordering is determined by which substance can scratch another substance Richter scalea logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 formerly used to express the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of the size of seismograph oscillations moment magnitude scalea logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 (a successor to the Richter scale) that enables seismologists to compare the energy released by different earthquakes on the basis of the area of the geological fault that ruptured in the quake temperature scalea system of measuring temperature wage scale, wage schedulea schedule of wages paid for different jobs margin of error, margin of safety, safety marginthe margin required in order to insure safety Celsius scale, centigrade scale, international scalea temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees Fahrenheit scalea temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees Kelvin scale, absolute scalea temperature scale that defines absolute zero as 0 degrees; water freezes at 273.16 degrees and boils at 373.16 degrees Rankine scalea scale of absolute temperature in Fahrenheit degrees; the freezing point of water is 491.69 degrees and the boiling point of water is 671.69 degrees Reaumur scalea temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 80 degrees sliding scalea wage scale that fluctuates in response to the cost-of-living index criterion, measure, standard, touchstone a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated |
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