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Question
What do you understand by the following term as applied to screw gauge?
Negative zero error
Short/Brief Note
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Solution
Negative zero error: If the zero of the circular scale is above the reference line of the main scale, then the screw gauge is said to have negative zero error and correction is positive.
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