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A digital micrometer is the easiest to read as it displays the exact reading on a screen.
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An imperial micrometer can measure to within 0.001in (1000th of an inch).
Put it between two jaw piece micrometer. Screw close movable jaw. And read on a micrometer ruler.
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.53 is the hundredths, read "fifty-three hundredths". If you drop the last 4, the whole number would read "Two and fifty-three hundredths".
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It is twenty four hundredths.
The digital micrometer just like the analog micrometer is used to measure thicknesses, diameters, etc. The main difference is that it is easier for the user to read (as is true of most digital vs. analog things).
Eighty-nine and seventy hundredths
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