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प्रश्न
Define the term pitch.
What do you understand by the term pitch of screw?
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उत्तर
“The pitch of a screw is the distance moved by the screw in one complete rotation of its head.”
OR
Pitch may also be defined as “the distance between two consecutive threads of screw measured along the axis of the screw.”
Pitch = `"Distance moved by thimble on M.S."/"Number of rotations of thimble"`
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Express it in metre.
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How are they determined?
The pitch of a screw gauge is 1 mm and the circular scale has 100 divisions. In measurement of the diameter of a wire, the main scale reads 2 mm and 45th mark on the circular scale coincides with the base line. Find
(i) The least count and
(ii) The diameter of the wire.
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- pitch
- least count of the screw gauge
Figure shows a screw gauge in which circular scale has 100 divisions. Calculate the least count and the diameter of a wire.

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