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steelyard

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steel·yard  (stlyärd)
n.
A balance consisting of a scaled arm suspended off center, a hook at the shorter end on which to hang the object being weighed, and a counterbalance at the longer end that can be moved to find the weight.
[steel + yard, rod.]
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steelyard
steelyard [ˈstiːlˌjɑːd]
n
(Engineering / General Engineering) a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with two unequal arms. The load is suspended from the shorter one and the bar is returned to the horizontal by adding weights to the longer one
[from steel + yard1 (in the archaic sense: a rod or pole)]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.steelyardsteelyard - a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length
beam scale, lever scale
balance - a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
Translations
steelyard [ˈstiːljɑːd] N → romana f
steelyard
n → Handwaage f
steelyard [ˈstiːlˌjɑːd] n → stadera
steelyard [ˈstiːlˌjɑːd] n → stadera


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It is needless to say that a scale would not show this loss; for the weight destined to weight the object would have lost exactly as much as the object itself; but a spring steelyard for example, the tension of which was independent of the attraction, would have given a just estimate of this loss.
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