⚖️ Scales
A balance scale, as historically used to measure weight. A symbol of justice, as held by Lady Justice, and of the zodiac sign of Libra, the Scales. Depicted as two silver or gold pans suspended from a beam and supported on a base. Commonly used for various content concerning law and justice as well as various senses of balance and weight. Samsung’s design previously featured a stylized, white balance scale on a green square, as an icon or symbol of legal matters or institutions.
⚖️ Scales
Also known as: Scales of Justice
Description
A balance scale, as historically used to measure weight. A symbol of justice, as held by Lady Justice, and of the zodiac sign of Libra, the Scales. Depicted as two silver or gold pans suspended from a beam and supported on a base. Commonly used for various content concerning law and justice as well as various senses of balance and weight. Samsung’s design previously featured a stylized, white balance scale on a green square, as an icon or symbol of legal matters or institutions.
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| Platform | Shortcode | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Emojipedia | :balance_scale: | |
| GitHub | :balance_scale: | |
| Slack | :scales: | |
| Discord | :scales: |
Additional Information
Balance scales which are commonly used in reference to the scales held by Lady Justice, representing the weighing of evidence. Balance Scale http://emojipedia.org/scales/
- Justice, impartiality and fairness.
- Conformity with rules or standards
- Justice, impartiality or fairness.
- Fairness measures or metrics are used in network engineering to determine whether users or applications are receiving a fair share of system resources.
- The gravitational force with which the earth attracts a body. By extension, the gravitational force with which a star, planet, or satellite attracts a nearby body.
- The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
- Force on the object due to gravity
- The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
- In science and engineering, the weight of an object is usually taken to be the force on the object due to gravity.
- Force due to gravity.
- Belt-like region in the sky.
- Celestial circle of twelve divisions centered upon the ecliptic