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micrometer screw

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noun

  1. a screw with a fine thread of definite pitch, such as that of a micrometer gauge

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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And those who watched it know that Burnley played Fulham in a fixture that made a micrometer screw gauge manual look like Jilly Cooper’s Riders.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2021

Coarse adjustment by rack and pinion, fine adjustment by micrometer screw with graduated head.

From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Ernst Leitz

They are all provided with fine adjustment by micrometer screw.

From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Ernst Leitz

In this instrument the micrometer screw, with a divided circle for turning it, was applied for bringing the micrometer wire actually in line with a division on the circle—a plan which is still always adopted.

From History of Astronomy by George Forbes

The objectclamp is raised vertically by a micrometer screw.

From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Ernst Leitz

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