HyperDic: torsion_balance

English > 1 sense of the expression torsion balance:
NOUNartifacttorsion balancemeasuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire
English > torsion balance: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaningmeasuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire.
Broadermeasuring instrument, measuring system, measuring deviceinstrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something

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