Balances (scales)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Measuring Devices (Hierarchy Name) > measuring devices (instruments) > <measuring devices for forces> > weighing devices > <weighing devices by form> > scales (weighing devices)
Descripción
Scales with a horizontal bar pivoting about a central fulcrum, creating equal-length arms; suspended from the ends of the arms are pans or baskets, in one of which is placed the item being weighed and in the other, a premeasured weight.
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Otros términos
- 天平 [zh]
- balansen (meetinstrumenten) [nl]
- balanzas [es]
- tiān píng [zh]
- tian ping [zh]
- t'ien p'ing [zh]
- balance (scale) [en]
- balance scales [en]
- equal-armed balances [en]
- equal-arm scales [en]
- even balance scales [en]
- balans (meetinstrument) [nl]
- bilancia [it]
- balanza [es]