Usually means: Measurement of gravitational force, precision.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Cavendish experiment)

noun:  The Cavendish experiment, performed in 1797–1798 by English scientist Henry Cavendish, was the first experiment to measure the force of gravity between masses in the laboratoryBoys 1894 p. 355 and the first to yield accurate values for the gravitational constant.


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