filar
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a thread or threads.
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having threads or the like.
adjective
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of thread
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(of an optical instrument) having fine threads across the eyepiece forming a reticle or set of cross wires
Other Word Forms
- interfilar adjective
Etymology
Origin of filar
1870–75; < Latin fīl ( um ) a thread + -ar 1
Example Sentences
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Place the filar micrometer and the stage micrometer in their respective positions.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)
The method of observing which Brünnow employed was quite different from that of Struve, though the filar micrometer was used in both cases.
From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir
For several thousand years the stars have been called "fixed," but the fine rulings of the filar micrometer tell a different story.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various
In the filar micrometer two spider lines are parallel, and one intersects them at right angles.
From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir
Westfall, staring into the eyepiece of the filar micrometer, finished measuring the apparent size of the heptagon before he turned toward Stevens and Brandon.
From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
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