Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mercalli intensity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: mer-cal-li in-ten-si-ty
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure of the seismic intensity of an earthquake, according to the scale introduced by Italian volcanologist Giuseppe Mercalli.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

Mercalli intensities (plural)

Questions

What does mercalli intensity mean?: A measure of the seismic intensity of an earthquake, according to the scale introduced by Italian volcanologist Giuseppe Mercalli.

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