Least count - wikipedia Least count In metrology, the least count of a measuring instrument is the smallest change in the measured quantity that can be resolved on the instrument 's scale. The least count is related to the precision of an instrument ; an instrument that can measure smaller changes in a value relative to another instrument, has a smaller `` least count '' value and so is more precise. Any measurement made by the instrument can be considered repeatable to no less than the resolution of the least count. The least count of an instrument is inversely proportional to the precision of the instrument. For example, a sundial may only have scale marks representing the hours of daylight ; it would have a least count of one hour. A stopwatch used to time a race might resolve down to a hundredth of a second, its least count. The stopwatch is more precise at measuring time intervals than the sundial because it has more `` counts '' ( scale intervals ) in each hour of elapsed time. Least count of an instrument is one of the very important tools in order to get accurate readings of instruments like vernier caliper and screw gauge used in various experiments. Least count uncertainty is one of the sources of experimental error in measurements. Least count error The smallest value that can be measured by the measuring instrument is called its least count. Measured values are good only up to this value. The least count error is the error associated with the resolution of the instrument. If we use a metre scale for measurement of length, it may have graduations at 1 mm division scale spacing or interval. A Vernier scale on caliper may have a least count of 0.02 mm while a micrometer have least count of 0.001 mm. The least count error occurs with both systematic and random errors. Instruments of higher precision can reduce the least count error. By repeating the observations and taking the arithmetic mean of the result, the mean value would be very close to the true value of the measured quantity. References Jump up ^ William Woolsey Johnson The Theory of Errors and Method of Least Squares, Press of I. Friedenwald, 1890 ; page 1 - Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Least_count&oldid=801905072 '' Categories : Measurement Talk About Wikipedia हिन्दी Edit links This page was last edited on 22 September 2017, at 17 : 42. About Wikipedia

Question: least count of vernier caliper and screw gauge
Answer: 0.02 mm