microbalance

[ mahy-kruh-bal-uh ns ]

/ ˈmaɪ krəˌbæl əns /

noun Chemistry.

a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.

Nearby words

microangiography, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, microangiopathy, microarray, microbacteria, microbalance, microbar, microbarogram, microbarograph, microbe, 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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