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scale of measurement
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | scale of measurement - an ordered reference standard; "judging on a scale of 1 to 10"graduated table, ordered series, scalecriterion, standard, touchstone, measure - a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work"Beaufort scale, wind scale - an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane)index - a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference numberlogarithmic scale - scale on which actual distances from the origin are proportional to the logarithms of the corresponding scale numbersMercalli scale - a 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 XIIMohs scale - a scale of hardness of solids; talc is 0 and diamond is 10; ordering is determined by which substance can scratch another substanceRichter 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 oscillationsmoment magnitude scale - a 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 quaketemperature scale - a system of measuring temperaturewage scale, wage schedule - a schedule of wages paid for different jobs |
scale of measurement
Synonyms for scale of measurementnoun an ordered reference standardSynonyms- graduated table
- ordered series
- scale
Related Words- criterion
- standard
- touchstone
- measure
- Beaufort scale
- wind scale
- index
- logarithmic scale
- Mercalli scale
- Mohs scale
- Richter scale
- moment magnitude scale
- temperature scale
- wage scale
- wage schedule
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