释义 |
eöt·vös balance \ˈət](ˌ)vəsh-, ˈet], ˈə̄tˌvə̄sh-, ˈə̄tvəsh-\ noun Usage: usually capitalized E Etymology: after Roland Eötvös died 1871 Hungarian physicist : a sensitive torsion balance used for the measurement of variations in the density of the underlying rocks that records the horizontal gradient of gravity |