balance scales
Two-pan weighing device
Balance scales are a weighing device with two pans suspended from opposite ends of a horizontal beam, used to compare the weight of objects or measure against known weights.
The image of balanced scales represents justice and fairness—Lady Justice holds them to symbolize impartial judgment.
The pharmacist measured the powder on balance scales.
- massQuantity of matter
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- fulcrumLever's balance point
- tare weightEmpty container's weight
- libraHistorical weight measure
equilibrium · fairness · medieval markets · pound · kilogram · troy weight · impartiality · equal footing · fair and square · apothecary · weigh in · counterweight · ounce · equality · lever · Anubis · Lady Justice · blind justice
- measurementgauging, metering, gram, measuring cup, measurable
- Food Weightsgrams, ounces, pounds, kilograms, net weight
- Justice SymbolsLady Justice, blind justice, blindfold, gavel, blindfolded figure
- Egyptian AfterlifeBook of the Dead, Pyramid Texts, Osiris, ba, Anubis
measurement mechanism
balance scalesdigital scale
Device displaying weight numerically
electronic scale · smart scale · spring scale · bathroom scale · kitchen scale