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microbalance

[mahy-kruh-bal-uh ns]
noun Chemistry.
  1. a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
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Origin of microbalance

First recorded in 1900–05; micro- + balance
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Historical Examples

  • 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

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