Although the Chinese couldn't tell anyone exactly what an earthquake measured on the Richter scale (since the Richter scale wasn't created until 1935), they did manage to invent the world's first earthquake detector -- a seismograph.
WHAT IS AN ALIBI? An alibi is any evidence showing that a citizen accused of a crime was somewhere other than at the scene of a crime when the crime occurred. While T.V. and movies often portray the alibi as a fraudulent and untruthful, in the real world, the alibi is a perfectly respectable legal defense.
The word âlie,â on the other hand, is a term that is used as a noun and a verb. As a verb it can mean two things; to be located at a specific place or the act of giving out false statements. As a noun it is used to refer to the untrue statement. Her house lies between our house and the cemetery.