A spring scale, spring balance or newton meter is a type of mechanical force gauge or weighing scale. It consists of a spring fixed at one end with a...

masses on the two plates are equal. The perfect scale rests at neutral. A spring scale will make use of a spring of known stiffness to determine mass (or weight)...

spring by some distance (x) scales linearly with respect to that distance—that is, Fs = kx, where k is a constant factor characteristic of the spring...

gravity: the weight is the quantity that is measured by, for example, a spring scale. Thus, in a state of free fall, the weight would be zero. In this sense...

The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS) measures the effects of an earthquake at a given location. This is in contrast with the seismic...

The Richter scale (/ˈrɪktər/), also called the Richter magnitude scale, Richter's magnitude scale, and the Gutenberg–Richter scale, is a measure of the...

often determined by measuring the object's weight using a spring scale, rather than balance scale comparing it directly with known masses. An object on the...

The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted explicitly with Mw  or Mwg, and generally implied with use of a single M for magnitude) is a measure of an earthquake's...

An octatonic scale is any eight-note musical scale. However, the term most often refers to the ancohemitonic symmetric scale composed of alternating whole...

The Mohs scale (/moʊz/ MOHZ) of mineral hardness is a qualitative ordinal scale, from 1 to 10, characterizing scratch resistance of minerals through the...

06155181 mN⋅m (millinewton-metres) 1 dyne-centimetre = 10−7 N⋅m Bending moment Spring scale Torque tester Newton-second, the derived SI unit of impulse The nonstandard...

The Beaufort scale (/ˈboʊfərt/ BOH-fərt) is an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land. Its full name is the...

pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave, in contrast to heptatonic scales, which have seven notes per octave (such as the major scale and...

The Kardashev scale (Russian: шкала Кардашёва, romanized: shkala Kardashyova) is a method of measuring a civilization's level of technological advancement...

The long and short scales are two powers of ten number naming systems that are consistent with each other for smaller numbers, but are contradictory for...

The Bortle dark-sky scale (usually referred to as simply the Bortle scale) is a nine-level numeric scale that measures the night sky's brightness of a...

The geologic time scale or geological time scale (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth. It is a system of chronological dating...

N scale is a popular model railway scale. Depending upon the manufacturer (or country), the scale ranges from 1:148 to 1:160. Effectively the scale is...

entirely, over a fairly regular time-scale of minutes or hours. Compared to continuously flowing springs, rhythmic springs are uncommon, with the number worldwide...

force scale, known as the spring scale, features a hook and a spring that attach to an object and measure the amount of force exerted on the spring in order...

upon it by the solid floor. The constraint force can be tension in a spring scale measuring its weight in the fluid, and is how apparent weight is defined...

therefore, their score on the pyruvate scale. Scoville scale – Scale for measuring spiciness of peppers "Spring 2001 Commercial Vegetable Variety Trials"...

scale output. Ultimate overload: Maximum load that can be withstood without causing structural failure. Material: Substance that comprises the spring...

simple devices such as weighing scales and spring balances. For example, an object suspended on a vertical spring scale experiences the force of gravity...

A scale model is a physical model that is geometrically similar to an object (known as the prototype). Scale models are generally smaller than large prototypes...

The Arab Spring (Arabic: الربيع العربي, romanized: ar-rabīʻ al-ʻarabī) was a series of pro-democracy anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions...

customer. He felt that many of his competitors who used spring scale technology, especially Dayton Scale Company, were allowing merchants to cheat their customers...

Scale of temperature is a methodology of calibrating the physical quantity temperature in metrology. Empirical scales measure temperature in relation...

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) is an IQ test designed to measure intelligence and cognitive ability in adults and older adolescents. For...

HO or H0 is a rail transport modelling scale using a 1:87 scale (3.5 mm to 1 foot). It is the most popular scale of model railway in the world. The rails...