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单词 vernier piece
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vernier piece
b. attributive and in other combinations, as vernier circle, vernier division, vernier piece, vernier plate, vernier scale, etc.Also with the names of instruments or tools having a vernier scale or attachment, as vernier caliper, vernier compass, vernier transit (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.).
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1788 Encycl. Brit. II. 587/2 The first division of the vernier piece marked 15.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 644/1 Vernier scale, a scale excellently adapted for the graduation of mathematical instruments.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 267/1 In order to read off the hundredths of an inch which the vernier zero advances beyond any tenth in the scale, we have merely to see what vernier division comes nearest to a division of the scale.
1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xiii. §2947 The vernier plate is carried on four arms, and a diagonal brace.
1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xiii. §2947 The horizontal limb, vernier circle, &c.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 925/2 Vernier Scale sight (Rifle), a hind sight with a vernier scale for accurate adjustment.
1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 148 To the bottom of the stock of a Vernier slide gauge he attaches a spring.
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