Term: torsion balance: measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire
Candidate hypernym: measuring instrument: instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something → 1
Candidate hypernym: good will: the friendly hope that something will succeed → 0
Candidate hypernym: eurylaimi: broadbills → 0
Candidate hypernym: trace: a just detectable amount → 0
Candidate hypernym: ground roller: Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms → 0
Candidate hypernym: limonite: a widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and hematite and lepidocrocite → 0
Candidate hypernym: pharomacrus: a genus of Trogonidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: finger plate: a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers → 0
Candidate hypernym: quitclaim: document transferring title or right or claim to another → 0
Candidate hypernym: safety: a safe place → 0
Candidate hypernym: factoid: a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item → 0