weighing scales
Kitchen portion tool
Weighing scales are devices for measuring weight or mass, from bathroom scales to industrial equipment.
The plural form is standard in British English even for a single instrument: She stepped on the weighing scales.
American English more often uses just "scale" or "scales." The weighing distinguishes from other scales—fish scales, musical scales, or scales of measurement.
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- tareUnladen container weight
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
zeroing · microbalance · repeatability · linearity · hysteresis · fine-tuning · increments · readability
Quantity of matter
metric · imperial · units · volume · density · readout · capacity · graduation
State of balance
- counterpoiseBalancing opposing force
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- equipoiseEqual distribution of weight
levelness · fulcrum · pivot · pans · beam · centering · distribution · counterbalance
Venue for trade
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- goodsThings for sale
- retailSales to end users
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
pricing · valuation · counterweight · troy ounce · carat · assay · commodity · fish market
Personification of fair judgment
- blindfoldSight-blocking eye cover
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
evidence · guilt · innocence · verdict · fairness · equity · Libra · equal treatment
Weight-to-height ratio
- caloric deficitIntake below expenditure
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- body compositionBodily tissue proportions
- portion controlLimiting serving sizes
calibration
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- tareUnladen container weight
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
resolution · zeroing · microbalance · repeatability · linearity · hysteresis · fine-tuning · increments · readability · tolerance
mass
Quantity of matter
pounds · metric · imperial · units · volume · density · readout · capacity · graduation · digital display
equilibrium
State of balance
- counterpoiseBalancing opposing force
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
equipoise · levelness · fulcrum · pivot · pans · beam · centering · distribution · counterbalance · steady
market
Venue for trade
wholesale · pricing · valuation · counterweight · troy ounce · carat · assay · commodity · fish market · apothecary
Lady Justice
Personification of fair judgment
- blindfoldSight-blocking eye cover
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
deliberation · evidence · guilt · innocence · verdict · fairness · equity · Libra · equal treatment · due process
BMI
Weight-to-height ratio
- caloric deficitIntake below expenditure
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- body compositionBodily tissue proportions
- fish marketfishmonger, seafood counter, fish stall, fresh fish, fresh catch
- Justice SymbolsLady Justice, blind justice, blindfold, balance, gavel
- livestock auctionsauctioneer, auction barn, auction block, stockyard, cattle market
- Self-Checkoutself-checkout, barcode scanning, scanners, card readers, PIN pads
- falconryfalcon, falconer, hood, gauntlet, jesses
- livestock equipmentfeeders, headgate, waterers, troughs, pens
weighing scalesruler
One who governs
tape measure · thermometer · clock · stopwatch · measuring cup
weighing scalesguesswork
Conclusions drawn without proof
estimation · eyeballing · approximation · intuition · ballpark figure
scale, weight, weigh, scales, overweight, weighed, weighing, weights, underweight