microbalance

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noun

Any balance capable of weighing objects having a mass less than a milligram

OriginEnglish balance ← Middle English balaunce ← Old French balance →
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Meanings

nounmicrobalance (plural microbalances)

plural microbalances

  1. Any balance capable of weighing objects having a mass less than a milligram

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  7. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  8. Latinbi-
  9. Latinlanx
  10. Latinbilanx
  11. Vulgar Latin*bilancia
  12. Old Frenchbalance
  13. Middle Englishbalaunce
  14. Englishbalance
  15. Englishmicrobalance

From micro- + balance.

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Translations

Irish micrimheá
  • micrimheábalance capable of weighing objects having a mass less than a milligram
Italian microbilancia
  • microbilanciabalance capable of weighing objects having a mass less than a milligram
Cite this entry
APA

microbalance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microbalance

MLA

“microbalance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microbalance. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microbalance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microbalance.

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