Term: moment 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 quake
Candidate hypernym: scale: an ordered reference standard → 1
Candidate hypernym: gristmill: a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain) → 0
Candidate hypernym: criminal negligence: (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) → 0
Candidate hypernym: coleus: any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: onset: the beginning or early stages → 0
Candidate hypernym: mace: spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed → 0
Candidate hypernym: albigenses: a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism → 0
Candidate hypernym: cortege: the group following and attending to some important person → 0
Candidate hypernym: myrtales: Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: raj: British dominion over India (1757-1947) → 0
Candidate hypernym: fowl pest: either of two acute viral diseases of domestic fowl; characterized by refusal to eat and high temperature and discoloration of the comb → 0