weighing machine

Other forms: weighing machines

Definitions of weighing machine

1. noun

   a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
   synonyms: scale

   types:

   balance

   a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

   weighbridge

   platform scale flush with a roadway for weighing vehicles and cattle etc

   beam balance

   a balance consisting of a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each arm

   electronic balance

   a balance that generates a current proportional to the displacement of the pan

   microbalance

   balance for weighing very small objects

   spring balance, spring scale

   a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring

   beam scale, lever scale, steelyard

   a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length

   type of:

   measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system

   instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something