tared

Accounted for packaging

Tared is the past tense of tare, meaning to weigh a container or vessel before adding contents, so its weight can be subtracted later.

In laboratory and kitchen settings, you tare a scale to zero it out: I tared the bowl before adding the flour.

The weight of the container itself is called the tare weight.

measurement

zeroed

Set to naught

  • scaleMeasure of relative size
  • balanceSteadiness or amount owed
  • netFinal amount remaining

gross · container · deduct · subtract · empty · vessel · mass · weight · adjustment · readout

precision

accurate

Conforming to fact

  • exactPerfectly correct, no deviation
  • meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
  • fine-tuningSmall precise optimization adjustments

calibration · adjustment · specificity · refinement · exactitude · delicate · intricate · zeroing · careful · systematic

Opposites
measurement calibration

taredgross

Total before subtractions

gross weight · uncalibrated · unadjusted · raw · inclusive

precision vs approximation

taredguessed

Estimated without certainty

estimated · approximated · eyeballed

Phrases
Family

tare, tares, taring

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