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  2. Vernier acuity - Wikipedia

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    Vernier acuity (from the term "vernier scale", named after astronomer Pierre Vernier) is a type of visual acuity – more precisely of hyperacuity – that measures the ability to discern a disalignment among two line segments or gratings. A subject's vernier (IPA: / ˈ v ɜːr n ɪər /) acuity is the smallest visible offset between the ...

  3. Vernier scale - Wikipedia

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    Vernier caliper scales; main at top, vernier at bottom. It reads 3.58 ± 0.02 mm by adding 3.00 mm (left red mark) on the fixed main scale to vernier 0.58 mm (right red mark). The main scale reading is that to the left of the zero on the vernier scale. The vernier reading is found by locating the best aligned lines between the two scales.

  4. Traveling microscope - Wikipedia

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    Both vernier reading to 0.01mm or 0.02mm. Microscope tube consists of 10x Eyepice and 15mm or 50mm or 75mm objectives. The microscope, with its rack and pinion attachment, is mounted on a vertical slide, which also runs with an attached vernier along the vertical scale. The microscope is free to rotate n vertical plane.

  5. Hyperacuity - Wikipedia

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    Ewald Hering's model, published 1899, of how a Vernier acuity stimulus is coded by a receptor array. Receptors marked c signal a different position code along the horizontal direction from either the position a code or the position b code. [1] The sharpness of our senses is defined by the finest detail we can discriminate.

  6. Microscopic scale - Wikipedia

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    In physics, the microscopic scale is sometimes regarded as the scale between the macroscopic scale and the quantum scale. [2] [3] Microscopic units and measurements are used to classify and describe very small objects. One common microscopic length scale unit is the micrometre (also called a micron) (symbol: μm), which is one millionth of a metre.

  7. Pierre Vernier - Wikipedia

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    The main scale reading is the rightmost graduation that is to the left of the zero on the vernier scale. The vernier reading is found by locating the best aligned lines between the two scales. The 0.02 mm engraving indicates the caliper's accuracy and is the "Vernier constant" for this scale. He was born in Ornans, France, in 1580. He was ...

  8. Perceptual learning - Wikipedia

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    Other examples of perceptual learning in the natural world include the ability to distinguish between relative pitches in music, [24] identify tumors in x-rays, [25] sort day-old chicks by gender, [26] taste the subtle differences between beers or wines, [27] identify faces as belonging to different races, [28] detect the features that ...

  9. Philadelphia rod - Wikipedia

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    The rod may be equipped with a target to increase the readable range of the rod. When the target is equipped with a Vernier scale measurements to the thousandths of a foot are possible. For readings less than 7 ft the target is attached on the bottom section of the rod and adjust by signals from level operator until the target is inline with ...