torsion balance

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torsion balance

An instrument with which small forces, as of electricity or magnetism, are measured by means of the torsion they produce in a wire or slender rod.

torsion balance

(Physics / General Physics) an instrument used to measure small forces, esp electric or magnetic forces, by the torsion they produce in a thin wire, thread, or rod

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torsion balance - measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire

measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system - instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something

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