weighing instrument
1Weighing scale — Emperor Jahangir (reign 1605 1627) weighing his son Shah Jahan on a weighing scale by artist Manohar (AD 1615, Mughal dynasty, India). A weighing scale (usually just scales in UK and Australian English, weighing machine in south Asian English or… …
2weighing machine — noun a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass • Syn: ↑scale • Derivationally related forms: ↑scale (for: ↑scale) • Hypernyms: ↑measuring instrument, ↑ …
3instrument — Synonyms and related words: Bourdon tube, Charlie McCarthy, Danish balance, Federal, Gramophone, Gyropilot, Mach meter, Roman balance, Teletype, Weightometer, X ray machine, absolute altimeter, accelerometer, adapt, aerial reconnaissance camera,… …
4Bell (instrument) — See also: Tubular bell For the part of a wind instrument, see Wind instrument#Parts. Bell Parts of a typical bell: 1. yoke, 2. crown, 3. head, 4. shoulder, 5. waist …
5Measuring instrument — Captain Nemo and Professor Aronnax contemplating measuring instruments in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea …
6percussion instrument — a musical instrument, as the drum, cymbal, triangle, xylophone, or piano, that is struck to produce a sound, as distinguished from string or wind instruments. [1870 75] * * * A musical instrument that is struck (or sometimes shaken or scraped) to …
7Electronic musical instrument — An electronic musical instrument is a musical instrument that produces its sounds using electronics. In contrast, the term electric instrument is used to mean instruments whose sound is produced mechanically, and only amplified or altered… …
8measuring instrument — noun instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something • Syn: ↑measuring system, ↑measuring device • Hypernyms: ↑instrument • Hyponyms: ↑accelerometer, ↑actinometer, ↑ …
9Gravity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Gravity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 gravity gravity gravitation Sgm: N 1 weight weight Sgm: N 1 heaviness heaviness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 specific gravity specific gravity Sgm: N 1 pondorosity …
10Nutritional scale — A Nutrition scale is a weighing instrument that output precise [[nutritional information] for foods or liquids. Most scales calculate calories, carbohydrates, and fats, with more sophisticated scales calculating additional nutrients such as… …
