filar micrometer

filar micrometer
filar micrometer n an instrument for accurately measuring small distances or angles that usu. consists of two parallel fine platinum wires mounted in the focal plane of a microscope or telescope with one wire being fixed and the other movable by means of a finely threaded screw

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an eyepiece micrometer in which the micrometer screw acts upon a slide carrying a movable wire: one revolution of the screw moves the wire 1 mm across the field.

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