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jolly balance

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables
jol-ly bal-ance
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instrument for determining specific gravity by comparing how much an object stretches a spring when held in a pan hanging in the air to how much that same object stretches a spring when held in a pan underwater.

Etymology

Invented by the German physicist Philipp von Jolly in 1864.

Inflected Forms

Jolly balances (plural)

Questions

What does jolly balance mean?
An instrument for determining specific gravity by comparing how much an object stretches a spring when held in a pan hanging in the air to how much that same object stretches a spring when held in a pan underwater.
Where does jolly balance come from?
Invented by the German physicist Philipp von Jolly in 1864.

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