TORSION BALANCE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("torsion balance" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

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