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Record 1 1987-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
DEF

The fixed jaw in a measuring instrument (as a micrometer caliper).

CONT

... the machinist's micrometer caliper ... consists of a slide caliper, resembling an ordinary screw clamp in shape and having a fixed contact or anvil and a movable contact or spindle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
CONT

Sur les micromètres industriels, l'extrémité de vis (touche mobile) se déplace par rapport à une référence fixe (touche fixe), grâce à la rotation de la vis.

Spanish

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