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Filar definition

fīlər
Of or relating to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view.

A filar microscope.

A filar micrometer.

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Of or relating to a thread.
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Having fine threads across the field of view for measuring small distances, as in the eyepiece of a telescope.
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Of a thread.
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Having fine threads or hairs stretched across the field of view, as a micrometer.
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Origin of filar

  • From Latin fīlum thread gwhī- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin filum a thread.

    From Wiktionary

Filar Sentence Examples

  • When equatorial mountings for telescopes became more general, no filar micrometer was considered complete which was not fitted with a position circle.'

  • A still further facility was given to the use of the filar micrometer by the introduction of clockwork, which caused the telescope automatically to follow the diurnal motion of a star, and left the observer's hands entirely at liberty.'

  • The latter are in fact little microscopes carrying a vernier etched on glass, in lieu of a filar micrometer.

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