Etymology

Richter

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Today it means: (Followed by a decimal number): A Richter scale magnitude to indicate the severity of an earthquake. "Richter" is prefixed to the magnitude value. This has generally been superseded by the Moment-Magnitude Scale Full definition →

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  1. German · borrowed fromRichter
  2. German · borrowed fromRichter
  3. English todayRichter

Borrowed from German Richter.

Words from the same roots

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