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vernier

noun

1 Vernier

French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637).

synonym: Paul Vernier.

2 vernier

A small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale.

synonym: vernier scale.

Roget 193: littleness etc. adj.; smallness etc. (of quantity) 32; exiguity, inextension; parvitude, parvity; duodecimo; Elzevir edition, ... show more

Roget 466: measurement, admeasurement, mensuration, survey, valuation, appraisement, assessment, assize; estimate, estimation; dead reckoning, reckoning etc. ... show more

Dutch: nonius


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