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counter scale [2 records]

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Record 1 1998-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

A balance in which the pans are fixed to the prolonged vertical sides of a jointed parallelogram whose two other sides are pivoted in their midpoints to a vertical post.

Key term(s)
  • counter scale

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
DEF

[...] classique balance commerciale à plateaux découverts.

CONT

[La balance de Roberval] comporte un fléau à trois couteaux AMB; les plateaux reposent sur les couteaux extrêmes A et B, et leurs déplacements sont guidés par des tiges verticales AD et BC, reliées par un contre-fléau DNC mobile autour du point fixe N. Ce contre-fléau est caché par un socle en fonte. Les tiges AD et BC restent verticales, et les plateaux sont donc constamment horizontaux.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
CONT

A [weighing] machine, other than a counter scale that is commonly called a union scale, having two or more load receiving elements that can act separately on the weighing element or elements shall have means to select and automatically indicate which load receiving element or elements are connected to the indicating element at the time of use.... [Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Regulations, March 1990, s. 170].

OBS

counter scale; union scale: Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Regulations, March 1990, s. 170.

OBS

Often used in plural but sometimes singular in construction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
OBS

balance de comptoir : Consolidation des Règlements sur les poids et mesures, mars 1990, article 170.

Spanish

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