TORSION BALANCE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does torsion balance mean? 

• TORSION BALANCE (noun)
  The noun TORSION BALANCE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TORSION BALANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TORSION BALANCE (noun)

Meaning:

Measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("torsion balance" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)