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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">verniers</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>vernier calipers</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>size measuring devices</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>scales, vernier</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>vernier</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>vernier scales</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Small, movable, graduated scales running parallel to the fixed graduated scales of precision instruments, such as sextants or transits, and designed to measure a fractional part of the smallest divisions on the fixed scales. ]]></note></mads>