03969627-n 'a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity';
 
Czech olovnice , svislice
Chinese (simplified) 测定器 , 铅锤线
English plumb line 1 , perpendicular
Italian filo a piombo
Japanese 垂球糸 , 測鉛線 , 下げ振り糸
Definitions
Japanese
金属のおもりが地球の重力の中心を直接差し示すよう吊り下げられているひも
与えられた点から垂直な位置を決定するのに用いられる
English
a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity
used to determine the vertical from a given point
Relations
Hyponym: lead_line plumb_rule
Hypernym: cord
Meronym–Part: plumb_bob
Semantic Field: artifactn
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