Mercalli scale

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mər kä′lē, mer-; It. mer käl′lē)


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Mer•cal′li scale′  (mər kä′lē, mer-; It. mer käl′lē),USA pronunciation [Geol.]
  1. Geologya measure of earthquake intensity with 12 divisions ranging from I (felt by very few) to XII (total destruction).
  • named after Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914), Italian seismologist 1920–25

'Mercalli scale' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
intensity

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