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MOHS SCALE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A scale of hardness of solids; talc is 0 and diamond is 10; ordering is determined by which substance can scratch another substance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("Mohs scale" is a kind of...):
graduated table; ordered series; scale; scale of measurement (an ordered reference standard)
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