* Weighing scale, also known as a balance, a type of device used to measure the mass of an object.

The test object is instrumented with a sensitive balance to measure the forces generated by airflow ; or, the airflow may have smoke or other substances injected to make the flow lines around the object visible.

With the model mounted on a force balance, one can measure lift, drag, lateral forces, yaw, roll, and pitching moments over a range of angle of attack.

* A measure of the degree of balance between two impedances connected to two conjugate sides of a hybrid set, coil, network, or junction.

In practice, the watt balance is used to measure amperes with the highest possible accuracy.

She is depicted on coins holding a cornucopia and a balance scale ( libra ), which was more often a symbol of " honest measure " to the Romans than of justice.

A section of the Egyptian Book of the Dead written on papyrus showing the " Weighing of the Heart " in the Duat using the feather of Maat as the measure in balance

A business operating entirely in cash can measure its profits by withdrawing the entire bank balance at the end of the period, plus any cash in hand.

The balance that he used, made by a craftsman named Harrison, was the first of the precision balances of the 18th century, and as accurate as Lavoisier's ( which has been estimated to measure one part in 400, 000 ).

The experimental apparatus consisted of a torsion balance with a pair of 2-inch 1. 61-pound lead spheres suspended from the arm of a torsion balance and two much larger stationary lead balls ( 350 pounds ), and Cavendish intended to measure the force of gravitational attraction between the two.

The most precise values of the Planck constant come from watt balance experiments, which are currently used to measure the product KR < sub > K </ sub >.

However, people are cautioned to stay within the limits of reasonable balance and measure.

However historians do not believe this balance is a good measure of class incidence and was by that time thoroughly archaic.

By quantifying this dilution it is possible to measure anatomical and alveolar dead space, employing the concept of mass balance, as expressed by Bohr equation.

In his February 25 speech ending the debate on the tariff, Clay captured the spirit of the voices for compromise by condemning Jackson's Proclamation to South Carolina as inflammatory, admitting the same problem with the Force Bill but indicating its necessity, and praising the Compromise Tariff as the final measure to restore balance, promote the rule of law, and avoid the " sacked cities ", " desolated fields ", and " smoking ruins " that he said would be the product of the failure to reach a final accord.

The FSA pushed for stricter rules on TV advertising to children of foods high in salt, sugar and fat and devised a nutritional profiling system to measure the balance of benefit and detriment in individual food products.

The sex ratio, which is a measure used to indicate the balance of males to females in a population, is calculated by taking the number of males divided by the number of females, and multiplying by 100.

" Radiative forcing is a measure of the influence a factor has in altering the balance of incoming and outgoing energy in the Earth-atmosphere system and is an index of the importance of the factor as a potential climate change mechanism.

* The D ' Arsonval movement used in mechanical pointer-type meters to measure electrical current is a type of torsion balance ( see below ).

Y. Hatano promoted " manpo-kei pedometers " from 1985, after his research was accepted as proving that 10, 000 Steps A Day was the proper balance of caloric intake and activity-based caloric expenditure to maintain a healthy body, and Jiro Kato who is Yamasa Tokei Keiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo Japan founder, Akira and Yasuji Kato's Father, manufactured pedometers recognized to be accurate, and, named them, " manpo-meter " ( later known as " manpo-kei ") as the world first invented device to measure number of steps of walking.

In this case, the electric current and the potential difference would be measured in SI units, and the watt balance would become an instrument to measure mass.

Any laboratory which had invested the ( very considerable ) time and money in a working watt balance would be able to measure masses to the same accuracy as they currently measure the Planck constant.

This variety in combination with the complexity of angular measure described above along with the intrinsic uncertainty of geodetically derived units mitigated against the extant definitions in favor of a simple unit of pure length.

There is a general consensus, even among those who argue in favor of security through obscurity, that security through obscurity should never be used as a primary security measure.

Following a fierce debate, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew cast a tie-breaking vote in favor of the measure.

On November 3, 2009, local residents voted in favor of a measure to change Palmdale's general law city status to that of a Charter City.

On July 26, 2010, the Lino Lakes city council voted 4-1 in favor of a controversial English-only resolution for the city, the first city in Minnesota to approve such a measure as part of the English-only movement.

122 citizens voted in favor of creating Mill Creek Township and 104 voted against the measure.

On the third attempt, with heavy monetary backing by retailers, voters narrowly voted in favor of the measure in 2008.

" Of the 3, 511 votes cast, 2, 069 ( 58. 9 %) voted against the measure while 1, 442 ( 41. 1 %) voted in favor.

In June 2008, Schwyz was the only one of Switzerland's 26 cantons to vote in favor of a failed measure that would have subjected Swiss citizenship applications to a popular vote.

The measure was passed in the November 6, 1990 general election with 574, 833 votes in favor, 522, 022 votes against.

The measure was defeated in the January 28, 2003 special election with 575, 846 votes in favor, 676, 312 votes against. Some fiscal conservatives felt that wasteful spending was more to blame than the tax defeat.

The measure was defeated in the November 5, 2002 general election with 371, 851 votes in favor, 886, 806 votes against.

The measure was approved in the November 8, 1994 general election with 788, 695 votes in favor, and 412, 816 votes against.

reading documents from all the colonies to prove that public opinion, the general sense of all, was in favor of the measure, when he came to North Carolina and produced letters and public proceedings which demonstrated that the majority in that colony were in favor of it, Mr. Hewes, who had hitherto constantly voted against it, started suddenly upright and lifting both hands to heaven as if he had been in a trance, cried out, " It is done and I will abide by it.

The measure passed with 68 % in favor, so Richardson is no longer considered " dry ", however only in the Buckingham area is the sale of liquor allowed.

However, this measure was vetoed by Governor Gary Locke in favor of a Montana-style system that requires voters to choose a ballot for one specific party and vote only on that party's candidates in the primary.

The act met the constitutional requirements ( two-thirds of the Reichstag's members were present, and two-thirds of the members present voted in favor of the measure ).

Some 600 students voted in favor of the measure, amounting to roughly 25 % of the students casting ballots in the election.

( However, Congressman Eugene Siler of Kentucky, who was not present but opposed the measure, was " paired " with another member who favored the resolution — i. e., his opposition was not counted, but the vote in favor was one less than it would have been.

( However, Republican Congressman Eugene Siler of Kentucky, who was not present but opposed the measure, was " paired " with another member who favored the resolution — i. e., his opposition was not counted, but the vote in favor was one less than it would have been.

** Voters in San Mateo County, California approve a measure to prohibit public-sector employment discrimination based on sexual orientation, with 70. 5 per cent of votes in favor.

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The measure was defeated in the February 3, 2004 special election, with 418, 315 votes in favor, 691, 462 votes against.