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ねじり秤 (ねじりばかり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ねじり秤ばかり

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Meanings

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torsion balance

A scientific instrument that measures small forces by the twist of a wire or fiber. Domain-specific physics term.

キャベンディッシュはねじり秤ばかりを使つかって万ばん有ゆう引いん力りょく定てい数すうを測そく定ていし

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Cavendish measured the gravitational constant using a torsion balance.

Kanji

秤balances, scales, steelyard
捩screw, twist, wrench

Written forms

ねじり秤ばかり
Standard kanji spelling using 秤 (scale).
捩ねじり秤ばかり
Uses the less common kanji 捩 for 'twist'; learners will mostly encounter ねじり秤.

Etymology

Compound of 捩り (twist) + 秤 (scale). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term directly describes the instrument's twisting mechanism.