torsion balance
an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
Origin of torsion balance
1Words Nearby torsion balance
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use torsion balance in a sentence
Coulomb was the maker of the first instrument for measuring a current, which was known as the torsion balance.
Steam Steel and Electricity | James W. SteeleThe torsion balance was enclosed in a case and outside this two lead spheres WW each 12 in.
In 1785 Coulomb constructed his torsion balance, by which he was enabled to measure the repulsion of electrified bodies.
Popular scientific lectures | Ernst Mach
British Dictionary definitions for torsion balance
an instrument used to measure small forces, esp electric or magnetic forces, by the torsion they produce in a thin wire, thread, or rod
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse