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
Broader: scale: an ordered reference standard | Unrelated: gristmill: a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain)
Broader: scale: an ordered reference standard | Unrelated: 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)
Broader: scale: an ordered reference standard | Unrelated: coleus: any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers
Broader: scale: an ordered reference standard | Unrelated: onset: the beginning or early stages
Broader: scale: an ordered reference standard | Unrelated: mace: spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed
Broader: scale: an ordered reference standard | Unrelated: albigenses: a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism
Broader: scale: an ordered reference standard | Unrelated: cortege: the group following and attending to some important person
Broader: scale: an ordered reference standard | Unrelated: myrtales: Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae
Broader: scale: an ordered reference standard | Unrelated: raj: British dominion over India (1757-1947)
Broader: scale: an ordered reference standard | Unrelated: fowl pest: either of two acute viral diseases of domestic fowl; characterized by refusal to eat and high temperature and discoloration of the comb