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filar

[fahy-ler] / ˈfaɪ lər /
ADJECTIVE
threadlike
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In the filar micrometer two spider lines are parallel, and one intersects them at right angles.

From The Story of the Heavens by Sir Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball

To Bouguer in 1748 is due the true conception of measurement by double image without the auxiliary aid of a filar micrometer, viz. by changing the distance between two object-glasses of equal focus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

Westfall, staring into the eyepiece of the filar micrometer, finished measuring the apparent size of the heptagon before he turned toward Stevens and Brandon.

From Spacehounds of IPC by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

Rotate the screw of the filar micrometer until the movable wire coincides with the fixed one, and the index marks zero on the drum head.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre

Place the filar micrometer and the stage micrometer in their respective positions.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre




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