mohs scale

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

   Broaderscale

Questions about mohs scale

What does mohs scale mean?

mohs scale means "a scale of hardness of solids; talc is 0 and diamond is 10; ordering is determined by which substance can scratch another substance".

Is mohs scale a common word?

mohs scale is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.