Term: vernier scale: a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale
Broader: scale: an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | Unrelated: red haw: American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs
Broader: scale: an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | Unrelated: sugar bowl: a dish in which sugar is served
Broader: scale: an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | Unrelated: shepherd's purse: white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed
Broader: scale: an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | Unrelated: scleral veins: tributaries of the anterior ciliary veins that drain the sclera of the eye
Broader: scale: an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | Unrelated: decantation: the act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the lees
Broader: scale: an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | Unrelated: formica: type genus of the Formicidae
Broader: scale: an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | Unrelated: slavery: the practice of owning slaves
Broader: scale: an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | Unrelated: yellow bass: North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass
Broader: scale: an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | Unrelated: sciadopitys: type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella pines
Broader: scale: an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | Unrelated: leftism: the ideology of the political left; belief in or support of the tenets of the political left