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Jolly balances

Jolly balances is the plural of Jolly balance.

Meaning of Jolly balance

Noun

Jolly balance (plural Jolly balances)

  1. 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.

Questions about Jolly balances

What is Jolly balances the plural of?
Jolly balances is the plural of Jolly balance.

Words near Jolly balances in the dictionary

  1. jollops
  2. jolls
  3. jolly
  4. jolly along
  5. Jolly balance
  6. Jolly balances
  7. jolly bean
  8. jolly beans
  9. jolly boat
  10. jolly boats
  11. jolly boy

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