weighing scale
instrument used in measuring the weight or mass of an object
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Summary
weighing scale ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,679 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: dynamometer[2], measuring instrument[3], artificial physical object[4]
- Has use: measurement[5]
- Commons category: Weighing scales[6], Weighing instruments[7]
- Unicode character: ⚖[8], ⚖️[9]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1770[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Weighing scales[11]
- Commons gallery: Weighing scale[12]
- Depicted by: IOP 1952 Episode 66[13], Women with scales[14]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[17], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[18], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], New International Encyclopedia[21], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[22], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23]
- Different from: measurement scale[24], Balance[25]
- Measures: mass[26], weight[27]
- Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/04141975-n[28], http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/104085583-n[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[30]
Why It Matters
weighing scale has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]