spring scale

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spring balance (esp US), spring scale

a device in which an object to be weighed is attached to the end of a helical spring, the extension of which indicates the weight of the object on a calibrated scale

spring scale [′spriŋ ¦skāl]

(engineering)

A scale that utilizes the deflection of a spring to measure the load.

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