Cavendish balance

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Cavendish balance [′kav·ən·dish ′bal·əns]

(engineering)

An instrument for determining the constant of gravitation, in which one measures the displacement of two small spheres of massm,which are connected by a light rod suspended in the middle by a thin wire, caused by bringing two large spheres of massMnear them.

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