Counterweight In A Lab Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "TARE" which means:

noun
• • An adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods
• • Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
• • Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
• • The weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo
• • (chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals
verb
• • To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise.
• • To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.
• • To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
• • To injure as if by pulling apart.
• • To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
• • To make (an opening) with force or energy.
• • (often with off or out) to remove by tearing.
• • (of structures, with down) to demolish
• • To become torn, especially accidentally.
• • To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
• • To smash or enter something with great force.
• • To produce tears.

An example sentence would be:

• • "The tare on the scale needs to be reset before weighing the ingredients."
• • "The quality control team detected a tare in the fabric during inspection."

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