Search results for: “earthquake”
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Magnitude
nounamplitude amplitudo bearing concern consequence consideration degree dimension effect eminence enormity essentiality extension extent gauge gravity</l…
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Richter Scale
Richter Scale in the National Security Context A definition and brief description of Richter Scale in relation to national security is as follows:Scale used to measure the intensity of seismic events, or earthquakes.
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Richter Scale
Richter Scale in the National Security Context A definition and brief description of Richter Scale in relation to national security is as follows:Scale used to measure the intensity of seismic events, or earthquakes.
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Seismograph
Seismograph in the National Security Context A definition and brief description of Seismograph in relation to national security is as follows:An instrument that measures and records elastic ground vibrations called seismic waves that are generated by earthquakes and man-made explosions. […]
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Seismograph
Seismograph in the National Security Context A definition and brief description of Seismograph in relation to national security is as follows:An instrument that measures and records elastic ground vibrations called seismic waves that are generated by earthquakes and man-made explosions. […]
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Act of God
ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.act of God, act of grace, Act of Union at union.Further ReadingAct of God & Air Passenger’s Rights, Dhaka Courier; April 29, 2010 The Act of God Defense: Why…
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Auto-da-fe
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Auto-da-fe (You may find auto-da-fe at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). sentence passed by the Inquisition (plural autos-da-fé), 1723, from Portuguese auto-da-fé “judicial sentence, act of the […]
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Loss
The term derives its meaning from the context in which it is used. Generally, denotes any deprivation , decrease in value , depreciation , liability actually incurred, the act of losing, or the thing lost, ruin, a bad or uncollectable debt, First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass’n of Billings v […]
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Calamity
nounact of God adverse fortune adversity affliction bad fortune blight calamitas cataclysm catastrophe clades destruction disaster evil fortune evil lot evil luck…
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Accidental cause
A term frequently used to describe a cause to which no human negligence contributed, e.g., storms and earthquakes. Cf. inevitable accident; unavoidable accident. See also accidental….
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Geographic Risk
Risk that arises when an issuer has policies concentrated within certain geographic areas, such as the risk of damage from a hurricane or an earthquake….
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Cataclysm
nounalluvion avalanche convulsion crash debacle deluge disaster disturbance earthquake eruption extensive flood flood holocaust inundation overflow overfl…