micrometry
noun
the act or process of taking measurements with a micrometer.
micrometrical
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a word derived from
micrometry.
Example Sentences
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The courses on the navigable parts of the river were taken with a compass and the distances measured by a micrometrical telescope by Ertil, of Munich.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson
Dr. See's perception with this instrument, in 1899, of Neptune's cloud-belts, and his refined series of micrometrical measures of the various planets, attest the unimpaired excellence of its optical qualities.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
This distance is accurately measured by an ingenious micrometrical arrangement constructed on exactly the same principle as the bars themselves.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
You need not fear that the operator will make any mistake in this micrometrical performance: her sting always slants towards the thorax, although the opposite inclination is just as practicable and easy.
From More Hunting Wasps by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
By this means complications were abolished more numerous and perplexing than Galileo himself was aware of, and the problem was reduced to one of simple micrometrical measurement.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
