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Combined metric and avoirdupois weighing device.
Hello,
I have a mechanical weighing device where a pointer moves along two parallel series of numbered marks. One of the series tells me the weight in kilograms, the other in pounds and ounces.
When I tried to describe this contraption in English, all I could come up with was "a scale with two scales", or, even more perplexingly, "a two-scale scale".
Is there a more intelligible way?
Thank you - L.
I have a mechanical weighing device where a pointer moves along two parallel series of numbered marks. One of the series tells me the weight in kilograms, the other in pounds and ounces.
When I tried to describe this contraption in English, all I could come up with was "a scale with two scales", or, even more perplexingly, "a two-scale scale".
Is there a more intelligible way?
Thank you - L.
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[nq:1]I have a mechanical weighing device where a pointer moves along two parallel series of numbered marks. One of the ... with was "a scale with two scales", or, even more perplexingly, "a two-scale scale".
- [nq:1]I have a mechanical weighing device where a pointer moves along two parallel series of numbered marks.
- One of the ...
- with was "a scale with two scales", or, even more perplexingly, "a two-scale scale".
- [/nq] "scale marked in both metric and imperial" Owain
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[nq:1]I have a mechanical weighing device where a pointer moves along two parallel series of numbered marks. One of the ... with was "a scale with two scales", or, even more perplexingly, "a two-scale scale". Is there a more intelligible way?[/nq]
"scale marked in both metric and imperial"
Owain
"scale marked in both metric and imperial"
Owain
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U¿ytkownik "Owain" (Email Removed) napisa³ w wiadomo¶ci
[nq:1]"scale marked in both metric and imperial"[/nq]
Thank you, but is there no word other than "scale" for either "weighing device" or "series of marks
and numbers as a background for a moving pointer"?
I can think of a number of situations where the two would appear in one sentence, such as describing
the assembly
[nq:1]"scale marked in both metric and imperial"[/nq]
Thank you, but is there no word other than "scale" for either "weighing device" or "series of marks
and numbers as a background for a moving pointer"?
I can think of a number of situations where the two would appear in one sentence, such as describing
the assembly
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[nq:1]U¿ytkownik "Owain" napisa³ w wiadomo¶ci[/nq]
[nq:2]"scale marked in both metric and imperial"[/nq]
[nq:1]Thank you, but is there no word other than "scale" for either "weighing device" or "series of marks and numbers as a background for a moving pointer"?[/nq]
You could use "scales" or "set of scales" for the device, which is often described in the plural; each of the trays or pa
[nq:2]"scale marked in both metric and imperial"[/nq]
[nq:1]Thank you, but is there no word other than "scale" for either "weighing device" or "series of marks and numbers as a background for a moving pointer"?[/nq]
You could use "scales" or "set of scales" for the device, which is often described in the plural; each of the trays or pa
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U¿ytkownik "Owain" (Email Removed) napisa³ w wiadomo¶ci
[nq:1]You could use "scales" or "set of scales" for the device, which is often described in the plural; each of the trays or pans on a balance is a scale.[/nq]
My device only has one tray, and a spring inside (rather than a second tray on which to put calibrated weights).
Can I still call it a balance?
[nq:1]"legend" wou
[nq:1]You could use "scales" or "set of scales" for the device, which is often described in the plural; each of the trays or pans on a balance is a scale.[/nq]
My device only has one tray, and a spring inside (rather than a second tray on which to put calibrated weights).
Can I still call it a balance?
[nq:1]"legend" wou
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[nq:1]My device only has one tray, and a spring inside (rather than a second tray on which to put calibrated weights). Can I still call it a balance?[/nq]
I think that would be a bench scale or a platform scale, not a balance.
Owain
I think that would be a bench scale or a platform scale, not a balance.
Owain
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