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BEAM BALANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beam balance mean? 

BEAM BALANCE (noun)
  The noun BEAM BALANCE has 1 sense:

1. a balance consisting of a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each armplay

  Familiarity information: BEAM BALANCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BEAM BALANCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A balance consisting of a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each arm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

balance (a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beam balance"):

analytical balance; chemical balance (a beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysis)


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