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Weighing Machine


Specialty Definitions: Weighing Machine

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Building & Civil Engineering

Need caraful maintenace and regular calibration if reasonable accuracy is to be maintained. Source: European Union. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

Machine for weighing heavy loads. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Weighing Machine

Synonym: scale (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Weighing Machine

English words defined with "weighing machine": Trones. (references)
Specialty definitions using "weighing machine": attendant, coin-operated laundry, attendant, laundry-and-dry-cleaning service, AUTOMATIC LUMP MAKING MACHINE TENDER ♦ batch mixer, batch-plant operator ♦ CASE PACKER AND SEALER, catching inspector, chip mixer, CHIP-MIXING-MACHINE OPERATOR, cigarette examiner, CIGARETTE INSPECTOR, cigarette-making examiner, container-packer operator, CUTLET MAKER, PORK ♦ DRIER OPERATOR I ♦ gasoline finisher, GAUGE-AND-WEIGH-MACHINE ADJUSTER, GAUGE-AND-WEIGH-MACHINE OPERATOR, glue-mixer operator, glue-plant operator ♦ KETTLE OPERATOR ♦ lead blender ♦ MAILING-MACHINE OPERATOR, mixer operator, MIXER, WET POUR, mix-house operator ♦ OXYGEN-FURNACE OPERATOR ♦ power rammer, PROPELLANT-CHARGE LOADER ♦ ROLL FINISHER, roll wrapper, roper operator ♦ SELF-SERVICE-LAUNDRY-AND-DRY-CLEANING ATTENDANT, sumping bar, SUPERVISOR, ARTIFICIAL BREAST FABRICATION, SUPERVISOR, CURED-MEAT PACKING, SUPERVISOR, PACKING ♦ universal testing machine, UNLEAVENED-DOUGH MIXER ♦ washateria attendant, weigh bridge, WET MIXER, WINDER HELPER. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Weighing Machine

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References

  • The World Market for Weighing Machinery, Weight-Operated Counting and Checking Machines, Weighing Machine Weights, and Their Parts: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Weighing Machine

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  weighing machine

35
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Weighing Machine

Language Translations for "weighing machine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

baskule (weighing). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

peshore (balance, scale, scales, weigher). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

кантар (balance, roman balance), децимал. (various references)

   

Czech

  

váha (authority, gravity, Libra, scale, strength, weigh, weight). (various references)

   

Danish

  

vejemaskine (weighing scales), vejeindretning, vejeapparat (scale), vægt (scales, weight), doseringsmaskine (depositor, metering device), brovaegt (weigh-bridge, weighing bridge). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

bascule (weigh-bridge). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

baskulo. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

raskas vaaka, punnituslaite, punnituskone (weighing scales). (various references)

   

French

  

bascule (weighing scales), balance (weight). (various references)

   

German

  

Wiegemaschine (weighing scales), Wiegeanlage, Waage (balance, libra, scale, scales, weighbridge), Dosiermaschine (depositor, metering device), Brueckenwaage (weigh-bridge, weighing bridge). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γεφυροπλάστιγγα (weight bridge), μηχανή με μετρητή δόσεων (depositor, metering device), πλάστιγγα (balance, scale), ζυγός (bail, balance beam, balancer, busbar, rocker arm, scale, shock compensating rocker beam, weigh-bridge, yoke), ζυγαριά (balance, scale). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

mázsáló (platform scales, weigher). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pesatrice (weighing scales), pesa, macchina dosatrice (depositor, metering device), bilico, bilancia a ponte (weigh-bridge), bilancia (balance, Libra, scale, scales). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

秤 (scales). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

はかり (measure, measurements, scales, weighing, weight). (various references)

   

Manx

  

meihaghan (balance). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eighingway achinemay

   

Portuguese

  

báscula (scales), balança (balance, bathroom scale, equine, librarian, scale, scales). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

весы (balance, libra, scale, scales, weigher, weighing-machine). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

mašina za merenje. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

dosificadora (depositor, metering device), balanza (balance, pair of scales, scale, scales), báscula (bascule, scale, scales). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vägningsmaskin (weighing scales), större våg, myntvåg, beskickningsvåg. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

baskül (platform scale, weighbridge). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: Weighing Machine


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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Bibliographic Items: "weighing machine"


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