Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

Eötvös torsion balance

American

noun

a torsion balance for measuring horizontal gradients of gravity, used in geophysical explorations.

Etymology

Origin of Eötvös torsion balance

First recorded in 1915–20; see origin at Eötvös experiment

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.