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Meanings of spring scale in English

Russian
ручные пружинные весы
Portuguese
dinamômetro
Spanish
balanza de muelle
Catalan
balança de molla
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Weighing scale; consists of spring fixed at one end with a hook to attach an object at the other;works by Hooke's Law (the scale markings on the spring balance are equally spaced); can not measure mass, only weight.

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ручные пружинные весы
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Examples for "spring balance"
Examples for "spring balance"
1
Curious to see whether fact would bear out theory, I had myself weighed with a spring balance.
Edison's Conquest of Mars
2
Portland and I assisted at the capture, and the fish dragged the spring balance out by the roots.
American Notes
3
Further, let the spring balance be at the free end of the cord toward which the pulley runs.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883
4
No further doubt could exist, and then Manuel, taking a spring balance (weighing up to 50 lbs.)
A Memory of the Southern Seas / 1904
5
A fine Salter's spring balance was hung up, and a bale suspended to the hook; the finger indicated 105 lbs.
How I Found Livingstone / Travels, adventures, and discoveres in...
1
When the arm flings back, the shoulder ligaments experience about 100 Newton meters of torque.
Wired
2
The figures are in, and they're official: The 7.3-liter V12 under the bonnet produces 750 horsepower and 750 Newton meters (553 pound feet) of torque.
Wired
Usage of spring scale in English
1
Take a spring scale registering at least eighty pounds and catch the hook under the string.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
2
The bass Miss Margie had caught carried the spring scale down to twelve and a quarter.
Down South; or, Yacht Adventure in Florida
3
We weighed her in installments with our spring scales; she registered three hundred and five pounds.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
Translations for spring scale
Portuguese
dinamômetro