noun
- the shallow dishes or platforms on either side of a balance scale that hold the items being weighed
Usage: plural form of scalepan
Examples
- The pharmacist carefully placed the powder on one of the scalepans.
- Ancient merchants used bronze scalepans to weigh precious metals.
- The laboratory balance had stainless steel scalepans for accuracy.
- She compared the weights by observing which scalepan dropped lower.
- The antique scale’s brass scalepans were tarnished with age.
- Both scalepans must be clean before weighing the chemicals.