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vernier scale
- A small, movable auxiliary graduated scale attached parallel to a main graduated scale and calibrated to indicate fractional parts of the subdivisions of the larger scale. Vernier scales are used on certain precision instruments to increase accuracy in measurement.
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A slide is made to play upon it with a vernier scale, graduated to hundredths of an inch.
From Project Gutenberg
It is provided with a vernier scale graduated to hundredths of an inch.
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