weighing scale

instrument used in measuring the weight or mass of an object
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weighing scale

Summary

weighing scale ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,156 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • weighing scale is a type of dynamometer[2].
  • weighing scale is a type of measuring instrument[3].
  • weighing scale is a type of artificial physical object[4].
  • weighing scale is used for measurement[5].
  • weighing scale's Commons category is recorded as Weighing scales[6].
  • weighing scale's Commons category is recorded as Weighing instruments[7].
  • weighing scale's Unicode character is recorded as ⚖[8].
  • weighing scale's Unicode character is recorded as ⚖️[9].
  • weighing scale's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1770[10].
  • weighing scale's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Weighing scales[11].
  • weighing scale's Commons gallery is recorded as Weighing scale[12].
  • weighing scale's depicted by is recorded as IOP 1952 Episode 66[13].
  • weighing scale's depicted by is recorded as Women with scales[14].
  • weighing scale's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • weighing scale's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • weighing scale's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[17].
  • weighing scale's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[18].
  • weighing scale's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[19].
  • weighing scale's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • weighing scale's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[21].
  • weighing scale's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[22].
  • weighing scale's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23].
  • weighing scale's different from is recorded as measurement scale[24].
  • weighing scale's different from is recorded as Balance[25].
  • weighing scale's measures is recorded as mass[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include dynamometer[2], measuring instrument[3], and artificial physical object[4].

Use and Application

weighing scale is used for measurement[5].

Why It Matters

weighing scale ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,156 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Measures mass, weight
    Depicted by IOP 1952 Episode 66, Women with scales
    Aliases
    Different from measurement scale, Balance
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10583, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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