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Chinese balance

Chinese balance noun: a type of steelyard.

Noun

Chinese balance (plural Chinese balances)

  1. A type of steelyard.
    • A modern explorer would have considered the contents of my basket rather inadequate for his work. There were, in addition to the Mass kit, an ordinary camera and films, a developing tank, special tropical developing powders, special film hardeners, and a Chinese balance to use in weighing out the...1929 September, Bernard F. Meyer, “Among the Yau”, in Catholic Missions, volume 6, number 9, page 10

Forms of Chinese balance

pluralChinese balances

Questions about Chinese balance

What does Chinese balance mean?
Chinese balance means a type of steelyard.
What part of speech is Chinese balance?
Chinese balance is a noun.
What is the plural of Chinese balance?
The plural of Chinese balance is Chinese balances.

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  10. Chinese bellflowers
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