Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A balance designed to weigh very small loads, up to 0.1 gram.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A delicate balance for weighing 1 milligram or less.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any balance capable of weighing objects having a mass less than a milligram

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun balance for weighing very small objects

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Examples

  • "microbalance" can estimate "the difference of weight of the order of the millionth of a milligram."

    The Breath of Life John Burroughs 1879

  • The other developed "an effective quartz crystal microbalance-based biosensor capable of detecting melamine and cyanuric acid at low concentrations and in just a matter of minutes."

    Gerald Bracey: Low Math and Science Achievement: Does Not Computebracey 2008

  • Pregl also contributed a number of micromethods for measuring atomic groups and developed a series of apparatus, including a sensitive microbalance, necessary for his work.

    Fritz Pregl - Biography 1966

  • With support from Wada, Minunni's team is now trying to convert the sensor from a quartz crystal microbalance system into one that is based on optical detection.

    Latest Articles Chemistry World 2010

  • With support from Wada, Minunni's team is now trying to convert the sensor from a quartz crystal microbalance system into one that is based on optical detection.

    Latest Articles Chemistry World 2010

  • The XP6U and XP2U ultra-microbalances and the XP6 microbalance with up to 6 g capacity and 0.1 μg or 1 μg readability, provide measurement accuracy, user friendliness, and quality standards.

    R&D Mag - News 2009

  • The XP6U and XP2U ultra-microbalances and the XP6 microbalance with up to 6 g capacity and 0.1 μg or 1 μg readability, provide measurement accuracy, user friendliness, and quality standards.

    R&D Mag - News 2009

  • We have replaced the balance with a quartz linearly to a change in mass of uniform film thickness. crystal microbalance (QCM).

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows tovman 2009

  • The XP6U and XP2U ultra-microbalances and the XP6 microbalance with up to 6 g capacity and 0.1 μg or 1 μg readability, provide measurement accuracy, user friendliness, and quality standards.

    R&D Mag - News 2009

  • The XP6U and XP2U ultra-microbalances and the XP6 microbalance with up to 6 g capacity and 0.1 μg or 1 μg readability, provide measurement accuracy, user friendliness, and quality standards.

    R&D Mag - News 2009

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