MOHS SCALE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A scale of hardness of solids; talc is 0 and diamond is 10; ordering is determined by which substance can scratch another substance

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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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