释义 |
ro·ber·val's balance \ˈrōbə(r)ˌvȯlz-\ noun Usage: usually capitalized R Etymology: after Gilles Personne de Roberval died 1675 French mathematician : a balance in which the pans are fixed to the prolonged vertical sides of a jointed parallelogram whose two other sides are pivoted in their midpoints to a vertical post |