tare - verb

[Victor Steinbok]

One more and I'm done. Also add "taring" ("zeroing the net weight") and
"auto-taring" to the list of revisions and additions, as well as the
meaning of tare v., tare n.2 and taring in reference to the measuring
instrument rather than the container or just the more general accounting
for weight and/or volume. The one below is for a container.

http://goo.gl/imKu9
Laboratory Experiments for Brown and LeMay, Chemistry, The Central
Science. By Nelson, Kemp, et al. 1981
p. 16
> *Taring*/
> /To tare a container, turn the tare knob clockwise until the numbered
> optical scale returns to zero.

Also may need to add "taring range", "taring circuit", etc.

     VS-)

On 12/28/2011 4:16 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> OK, I found one, after some trial and error. It's not supermarket, but
> the gerund is essentially the same.
>
> http://goo.gl/vga1L
> Textbook of clinical chemistry. By Norbert W. Tietz. 1986
> p. 31
>> Before weighing a chemical, the weight of the container must be
>> determined or allowed for by taring to reset the equilibrium point.
>
> But, in this case, the likely meaning is to "tare" the balance/scale,
> not the container, which, I believe, is the original meaning.
>
> Interestingly, when the word was borrowed into Russian, as "tara", it
> now means "refillable or returnable container" (and it's been this way
> as long as I can recall, from 1970s--likely much longer).
>
> Lots of hits for "tared" in various US standards documents and in
> laboratory procedures manuals, referring usually to lab glassware,
> filters and other such equipment. OED only has "tared" under tare v.
> with two citations from 1854. Both tare v. and tare n.2 need an update.
>
>     VS-)

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