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  2. Micrometer (device) - Wikipedia

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    Tube micrometers have a cylindrical anvil positioned perpendicularly to a spindle and is used to measure the thickness of tubes. Micrometer stops are micrometer heads that are mounted on the table of a manual milling machine, bedways of a lathe, or other machine tool, in place of simple stops. They help the operator to position the table or ...

  3. Micrometre - Wikipedia

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    The micrometre (Commonwealth English as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; [1] SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American English), also commonly known by the non-SI term micron, [2] is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equalling 1 × 10 −6 metre (SI standard prefix "micro-" = 10 −6); that is, one millionth of a metre (or one thousandth of a ...

  4. Least count - Wikipedia

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    Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar ... A vernier scale on a caliper may have a least count of 0.1 mm while a micrometer may have a least count of ...

  5. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    39 meters – length of a Supersaurus, the longest-known dinosaur and longest vertebrate [130] 52 meters – height of Niagara Falls [33] 55 meters – length of a bootlace worm, the longest-known animal [131] 66 meters – highest possible sea level rise due to a complete melting of all ice on Earth; 83 meters – height of a western hemlock

  6. List of measuring instruments - Wikipedia

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    Measuring instruments in fiction: Captain Nemo and Professor Aronnax contemplating thermometers, barometers, clocks, etc. in Jules Verne's 1869-1870 science fiction novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas Fun measuring instruments: a Love Meter and strength tester machine at a Framingham, Massachusetts rest stop.

  7. Unit of length - Wikipedia

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    The base unit in the International System of Units (SI) is the meter, defined as "the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1 ⁄ 299792458 seconds." [ 4 ] It is approximately equal to 1.0936 yd .

  8. Jay-Z Accused Of Raping 13-Year-Old Girl With Diddy As ...

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    Jay-Z is accused in a lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl with fellow music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. The lawsuit was first filed in October but did not list Jay-Z, whose given name is Shawn ...

  9. Indicator (distance amplifying instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The internal works of a mechanical dial indicator are similar to the precision clockworks of a mechanical wristwatch, employing a rack and pinion gear to read the probe position, instead of a pendulum escapement to read time. The side of the indicator probe shaft is cut with teeth to provide the rack gear.