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Verniers

Scope note

Use for small, movable, graduated scales running parallel to the fixed graduated scales of precision instruments, such as sextants or transits, and designed to measure a fractional part of the smallest divisions on the fixed scales.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000199701

Broader Terms used

<size measuring devices>

Equivalent Terms used

vernier

Created

12yrs ago

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