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SPRING BALANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spring balance mean?
• SPRING BALANCE (noun)
The noun SPRING BALANCE has 1 sense:
1. a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring
Familiarity information: SPRING BALANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
spring balance; spring scale
Hypernyms ("spring balance" is a kind of...):
balance (a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity)
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