micrometer screw
Britishnoun
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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
The top carriage can be moved by hand and accurately set by means of a micrometer screw.
From Astronomical Instruments and Accessories by William Gaertner and Company
I—I turned the micrometer screw a trifle hard.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 by Bates, Harry
Plano-convex, convex towards c ” 1 The lens b is divided, and one of the segments is moved by a micrometer screw.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
The fine adjustment consists of a micrometer screw which moves the tube and arm of the microscope supporting the coarse adjustment vertically upon a triangular column.
From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Leitz, Ernst
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