nonio di lettura

English translation: vernier reading

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Italian term or phrase:nonio di lettura
English translation:vernier reading
Entered by: ejg

17:49 Mar 3, 2004
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / astronomy
Italian term or phrase: nonio di lettura
calibration device for a telescope
achisholm
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:39
vernier reading
Explanation:
Dictionary reference is below, english usage is in the website ref., a typical phrase is:
vernier reading to 1 minute / 1 degrees DEC
Subject Standardisation - Metrology (NO)
TERM dispositivo di lettura a nonio
Reference Tariffa doganale Notex CCD 90.16
TERM vernier reading device
Reference Customs Tariff Notex CCD 90.16

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ejg
Local time: 11:39
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4 +2vernier reading
ejg
5vernier (scale)
RosFlinn (X)


  

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vernier reading


Explanation:
Dictionary reference is below, english usage is in the website ref., a typical phrase is:
vernier reading to 1 minute / 1 degrees DEC
Subject Standardisation - Metrology (NO)
TERM dispositivo di lettura a nonio
Reference Tariffa doganale Notex CCD 90.16
TERM vernier reading device
Reference Customs Tariff Notex CCD 90.16




    Reference: http://www.telescopehouse.co.uk/product.
ejg
Local time: 11:39
Native speaker of: English
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Grading comment
Many thanks.

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agree  Grace Anderson
45 mins

agree  Gian
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
vernier (scale)


Explanation:
seems more appropriate given that it is a calibration device - a reading is what you would get from it.

vernier: 'a short auxiliary scale which slides along the main instrument scale to permit accurate fractional reading of the main division of the main scale'


    McGraw-Hill Zanichelli Dizionario enciclopedico scientifico e tecnico
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