Jolly balance
Jolly balance 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.
Noun
Jolly balance (plural Jolly balances)
- 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.
Jolly balance meaning in Tamil
Jolly balance in Tamil
- ஜாலி வில்தராசு
Forms of Jolly balance
| plural | Jolly balances |
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Origin of Jolly balance
Invented by the German physicist Philipp von Jolly in 1864.
Questions about Jolly balance
- What does Jolly balance mean?
- Jolly balance means 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.
- What is Jolly balance in Tamil?
- Jolly balance in Tamil is ஜாலி வில்தராசு. See Jolly balance meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is Jolly balance?
- Jolly balance is a noun.
- What is the plural of Jolly balance?
- The plural of Jolly balance is Jolly balances.
Words near Jolly balance in the dictionary
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