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Definition: Torsion Balance |
Torsion BalanceNoun1. Measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Mining | A geophysical prospecting instrument that is used to determine distortions in the gravitational field. It consists of a pair of masses suspended by a sensitive torsion fiber and so supported that they are displaced both horizontally and vertically from each other. A measurement is made of the rotation of the suspended system about the fiber; the rotation is caused by slight differences in the gravitational attraction on the two masses.Syn:Eoetvoes torsion balance. (references) |
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Crosswords: Torsion Balance |
| English words defined with "torsion balance": Balance of torsion. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "torsion balance": gravity instruments, gravity-prospecting-operator helper ♦ OBSERVER HELPER, GRAVITY PROSPECTING ♦ recorder helper, gravity prospecting. (references) |
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torsion balance | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "torsion balance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | peshore përdredhjeje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | торзионни везни. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | torziós mérleg. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | torshyn-veih. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orsiontay alancebay balança de torção. (various references) крутильные весы, мотор-весы. (various references) torziona vaga. (various references) burulmalı terazi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
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-5 letters: ablations, abortions, abstainer, acroleins, aerations, aerobatic, albacores, albicores, aleatoric, alienator, anaerobic, analcites, ancestral. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-i-l-n-n-o-o-r-s-t" | |
+4 letters: noncomparabilities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 72 73 69 6F 6E 42 61 6C 61 6E 63 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01110010 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01000010 01100001 01101100 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o r s i o n   B a l a n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 0072 0073 0069 006F 006E 0042 0061 006C 0061 006E 0063 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54818485758180236677867806971 |
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