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mohs scale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables
mohs s-cale
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A scale of the hardness of minerals based on their ability to scratch one another.

Inflected Forms

the Mohs scale (canonical)

Questions

What does mohs scale mean?
A scale of the hardness of minerals based on their ability to scratch one another.

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