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• vernier micrometer — noun a caliper with a vernier scale for very fine measurements • Syn: ↑vernier caliper • Hypernyms: ↑caliper, ↑calliper * * * noun see vernier caliper …   Useful english dictionary

• Micrometer — This article is about the measuring device. For the unit of length, see Micrometre. Outside, inside, and depth micrometers A micrometer (   …   Wikipedia

• vernier caliper — a caliper formed of two pieces sliding across one another, one having a graduated scale and the other a vernier. Also called vernier micrometer. [1875 80] * * * ▪ measurement instrument       instrument for making very accurate linear… …   Universalium

• vernier caliper — noun a caliper with a vernier scale for very fine measurements • Syn: ↑vernier micrometer • Hypernyms: ↑caliper, ↑calliper …   Useful english dictionary

• vernier — [vʉr′nē ər, vʉr′nir] n. [after Pierre Vernier (1580 1637), Fr mathematician who invented it] 1. a short graduated scale that slides along a longer graduated instrument and is used to indicate fractional parts of divisions, as in a micrometer:… …   English World dictionary

• Vernier scale — A vernier scale is an additional scale which allows a distance or angle measurement to be read more precisely than directly reading a uniformly divided straight or circular measurement scale. It is a sliding secondary scale that is used to… …   Wikipedia

• micrometer — 1. One millionth of a meter; formerly called micron. 2. A device for measuring various types of objects in an accurate and precise manner; in medicine and biology, the term is usually used with reference to a glass slide or lens that is… …   Medical dictionary

• micrometer — n. an instrument for making extremely fine measurements of thickness or length, often relying upon the movement of a screw thread and the principle of the vernier …   The new mediacal dictionary

• vernier caliper — A short graduated scale that slides along a longer graduated instrument and is used to indicate fractional parts of divisions, as in a micrometer …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• vernier gauge — A short graduated scale that slides along a longer graduated instrument and is used to indicate fractional parts of divisions, as in a micrometer …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Caliper — For other uses, see Caliper (disambiguation). A vernier caliper …   Wikipedia