The Richter magnitude indicates the size or strength of an earthquake. For illustration, a parallel can be drawn with how the strength of an explosion will often be reported in terms of tons of TNT (or sticks of dynamite, in old movies). In contrast, the acceleration, or "g force" usually refers to the shaking experienced at a specific point due to the earthquake.

The Intensity scale is designed to describe the effects of an earthquake, at a given place, on natural features, on industrial installations and on human beings. The intensity differs from the magnitude which is related to the energy released by an earthquake. What it is the difference between magnitudes ML and mN? Without going into the seismological details, the magnitude defined by Charles Richter is the source of all magnitude scales. See similar questions...

The magnitude is the brightness of an astronomical object. As observers, we are primarily in the apparent magnitude, which is the magnitude we perceive. There is also absolute magnitude, which is the magnitude that a star would appear at a distance of 10 parsecs (except for asteroids it is at 1 AU with zero phase angle). The magnitude scale that we use was derived from Hipparchus, who informally classified stars into different magnitudes. See similar questions...

Acceleration is defined as how quickly an object changes its velocity; that is, the change of velocity divided by the change of time (the difference in time over which the velocity changed). There are three methods of acceleration: speeding up (accelerating), slowing down (decelerating), and turning (changing direction). See similar questions...

Small bergs a few miles across are very common and we have a large one like 100 miles long about every 10 to 15 years. The last one to break off of the Ross Ice Shelf was in 1987 and was about 1/2 the size of this one See similar questions...

Acceleration, in physics, corresponds to the force applied to something that causes it to change its position or speed. It is the force you feel when a car accelerates from a stop sign, pushing you back into the car seat (it's a horizontal force). Similarly, when an elevator starts moving, you feel more weight on your legs (it's a vertical force). When a roller coaster car makes a hairpin turn, the acceleration may push you to the side, or up or down. See similar questions...

When referred to the sky, it is the dimmest stars that would be visible at the zenith. It is sometimes referred to as naked eye limiting magnitude or NELM. It is usually estimated by counting the visible stars in a clearly defined region of sky, such as the Square of Pegasus, then referring to a standard table. When referred to an instrument, it is the faintest stars visible with the instrument under ideal conditions. See similar questions...

Your star''s Visual Magnitude is a measure of the star''s brightness. Magnitude is listed as a value between -2 and +30 with higher numbers for dimmer stars. The human eye can only see stars brighter than magnitude 6. To see stars with a high magnitude, you will need binoculars or a telescope. The Visual Magnitude is printed on your Star Chart on the bottom line. Refer to the example chart to see it's location. See similar questions...

Earthquakes vary broadly in size; from microscopic fractures to slip occurring on a fault hundreds of kilometers long. Earthquakes also vary in location and depth. Individuals would probably notice a small earthquake occurring a kilometer below the surface, but a larger earthquake occurring several hundred kilometers below your feet may not be noticed at all. See similar questions...

The magnitude of the error is relatively small. For the 2001-2005 time period overall, the estimate of AIDS cases has been revised downward from 206,360 to 202,235, a difference of 2 percent. For 2005 alone, estimated AIDS cases have been revised from 45,669 to 41,897, a difference of 8 percent. Because some AIDS cases are diagnosed concurrently with HIV infection, there are also small corrections to the estimates of HIV/AIDS cases. See similar questions...

PlyoCity strives to keep our program affordable for everyone. Team training costs vary depending on the number of athletes training per session. Individuals may train with other teams or as a part of a program like open gym. Typically team rates range from $4 to $6 per session, or $35 to $50 per month, per athlete. Typical Acceleration Programs: Minimum Commitment: $400.00 for six week program at two-three sessions per week. Averages over $30 per session. See similar questions...

Acceleration gives the forces directly, so it can be used to establish the forces that a structure experiences during an earthquake. Also, acceleration sensors are generally the most hardy of all seismic sensors. In addition, they are usually small, only a few inches on a side, so they are easy to place at key locations in a structure. The acceleration record can be computer processed and integrated to obtain the velocity and displacement records. See similar questions...

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) uses a "three-way handshake" to initiate reliable data connections between two points in an IP network (such as the Internet). Because of the long round-trip times involved in VSAT communications, many commercial VSAT units "spoof" this process to initiate the TCP connection quickly. This spoofing is called "TCP Acceleration". It is performed by most systems sold by IraqSat, including Hughes DirecWay, Tachyon, and iDirect. See similar questions...

It is common for recent graphics chips to support some level of the MPEG-2 decode in hardware. This offloads the CPU from performing the same decode tasks. For less CPU usage, make sure that the "Hardware acceleration" setting on the NVDVD Video property page is enabled. When hardware acceleration is enabled, the "Decoder Format" section of the NVDVD Video property page will indicate the DXVA mode that is currently being used. See similar questions...

The limiting magnitude is a measure of sky brightness and indicates the faintest star an observer can see. This directly affects how many faint meteors an observer will see. Poor limiting magnitudes are most often caused by light pollution and the moon. You will often see limiting magnitude abbreviated as "LM." It is usually determined by counting the number of stars within the boundaries of certain areas of sky, laid out by the IMO. See similar questions...

Compare it to a 'standard star' of known magnitude. The magnitude scale is calibrated by arbitrarily assigning a magnitude to a star – the magnitudes of other stars follow by comparison to this standard star. In practice, there are many standard stars, so distributed that standards of different spectral types are likely to be reasonably close to any star being observed. See similar questions...

Programmable acceleration is the controller's ability to limit the rate at which speed is allowed to change. Transistors are very quick and can switch from full forward power to full reverse (a worse case scenario) in a matter of microseconds. Because of the motor's and the robot's inertia, such changes will result in a very high, sudden and potentially damaging overcurrent inside the controller. Such changes can also create significant mechanical stress to the robot's structure as well. See similar questions...