Difference between revisions of "Weighing scale"

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-A '''weighing scale''' (usually just "scales" in U.K. and Australian English, "weighing machine" in south Asian English or "scale" in U.S. English) is a measuring instrument for determining the weight or mass of an object.  A spring scale measures weight by the distance a spring deflects under its load.  A ''balance'' compares the torque on the arm due to the sample weight to the torque on the arm due to a standard reference weight using a horizontal lever.  Balances are different from scales, in that a balance measures mass (or more specifically gravitational mass), whereas a scale measures weight (or more specifically, either the tension or compression force of constraint provided by the scale).  Weighing scales are used in many industrial and commercial applications, and products from feathers to loaded tractor-trailers are sold by weight.  Specialized medical scales and bathroom scales are used to measure the body weight of human beings, while a wide variety of [[laboratory]] scales are made to measure weights of samples.
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