microbalance

[ mahy-kruh-bal-uhns ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.

Origin of microbalance

1
First recorded in 1900–05; micro- + balance

Words Nearby microbalance

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How to use microbalance in a sentence

  • Its "microbalance" can estimate "the difference of weight of the order of the millionth of a milligram."

    The Breath of Life | John Burroughs

British Dictionary definitions for microbalance

microbalance

/ (ˈmaɪkrəʊˌbæləns) /


noun
  1. a precision balance designed to weigh quantities between 10 –6 and 10 –9 kilogram

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