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microbalance

[ mahy-kruh-bal-uh ns ]
/ ˈmaɪ krəˌbæl əns /
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noun Chemistry.

a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.

Nearby words

  1. microangiography,
  2. microangiopathic hemolytic anemia,
  3. microangiopathy,
  4. microarray,
  5. microbacteria,
  6. microbar,
  7. microbarogram,
  8. microbarograph,
  9. microbe,
  10. microbead

Origin of microbalance

First recorded in 1900–05; micro- + balance
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Examples from the Web for microbalance

  • 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

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