measuring chain

Electronic and electrochemical sensors are typically one part of a measuring chain.

A few men with theodolites, rods and measuring chains won't disturb him much.

A measuring chain comprises the sensor itself, a cable, and a transmitter.

Gunter used an actual measuring chain of 100 links.

The first down measuring chain is used to measure the yards that the offensive team needs to gain a first down.

Distances were always measured in chains and links, based on Edmund Gunter's 66 foot measuring chain.

Originally the point was located in a salt lake, however it was found that the measuring chain used was a few centimetres too long.

Most had an excellent range-measuring module called Messkette (measuring chain) that provided range accuracy within a few meters regardless of the total range.

Any measuring device or apparatus acts as an environment since, at some stage along the measuring chain, it has to be large enough to be read by humans.

Minox cameras for these purposes come with a 24-inch measuring chain attached, with markings corresponding to certain distances, to assist in focusing at these short ranges.

The members of the chain crew who operate the measuring chain are called rod men and the person who works the down indicator box is called the box man.

The depth of the lake has not been measured to this day,the last effort was made apparently in the late 1990s but the measuring chain weighing 5 tons went down and vanished.

In Gridiron football, the chain crew (commonly known as the "chain gang") are assistants to the linesman who handle the first down measuring chain and the down indicator box.

I entered the building, which had exposed halls covered only by a roof, approached the apartment door, and, with the Minox, used the measuring chain to take close-up photographs of the lock on Fielding's front door.

An elegant and remarkably selfpossessed gent with a high forehead overhung by clusters of black curly hair, Riel theatrically placed his foot on Captain Webb's measuring chain and solemnly declared: "You go no farther."

No Charges Yet Most of the allegations involving tampering revolve around the possibility that time clocks may have been altered, ball spotting may have been tampered with or sideline measuring chains may have been handled improperly, actions designed to affect the point spread of a game.