tare

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tare

The chemist places the empty beaker on the scale as the tare.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A counterweight used in chemical analysis: In analytical chemistry, a "tare" is an empty container used to counterbalance the weight of a container holding a substance, allowing for the precise measurement of the substance's mass alone.
    • The empty weight of a vehicle or container: This refers to the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, aircraft, or any container without its fuel, cargo, or contents.
    • A weedy plant: "Tare" can refer to any of several weedy annual grasses or vetches (legumes) that often grow in cultivated fields and are sometimes considered harmful or poisonous.
    • An allowance or deduction for packaging: In commerce, a "tare" is an adjustment made for the weight of the container or packaging to determine the net weight of the goods inside.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • The chemist placed the empty beaker on the scale as a tare before adding the powder.
    • The tare of the truck is 5,000 kg, so we can calculate how much cargo it can carry.
    • Farmers must control tares, as they compete with crops for nutrients.
    • When selling rice, the vendor deducts the tare weight of the bag to charge for the rice only.
Advanced Usage
  • "To tare a scale": This is a common verb form derived from the noun. It means to reset a scale to zero to account for the weight of an empty container placed on it.
    • Remember to tare the scale with the bowl on it before adding the flour.
Variants and Related Words
  • Taring (gerund/noun): The act of setting a scale to zero with an empty container.
    • The taring of the balance is a crucial first step.
Synonyms
  • Counterbalance (for the analytical weight).
  • Unladen weight or curb weight (for vehicle weight).
  • Dockage or allowance (for the packaging deduction).
  • Weed or vetch (for the plant).
Different Meanings

The word "tare" has distinct meanings across different fields: 1. Science/Commerce: Primarily related to weight measurement (counterweight, empty weight, packaging deduction). 2. Botany/Agriculture: Refers to specific weedy plants.

Related Phrases
  • Tare weight: The specific term for the empty weight of a vehicle or container.
    • The shipment's gross weight minus the tare weight equals the net weight of the goods.
  • Tare and tret: An archaic commercial term where "tare" was the allowance for packaging and "tret" was an allowance for waste.
tare

The chemist places the empty beaker on the scale as the tare.

Noun
  1. (chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals
  2. the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo
  3. weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
  4. any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
  5. an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods

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