Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rossi-forel scale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: rossi--forel s-cale
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An early seismic scale for indicating earthquake intensity.

Etymology

Developed by Michele Stefano Conte de Rossi of Italy and François-Alphonse Forel of Switzerland in the late 19th century.

Inflected Forms

the Rossi-Forel scale (canonical)

Questions

What does rossi-forel scale mean?: An early seismic scale for indicating earthquake intensity.
Where does rossi-forel scale come from?: Developed by Michele Stefano Conte de Rossi of Italy and François-Alphonse Forel of Switzerland in the late 19th century.

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