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1. (n.) vernier
Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
2. vernier
an auxiliary device for giving a piece of apparatus a higher adjustment accuracy.
3. (adj.) vernier
equipped with a vernier.
4. (n.) Vernier
Pierre, 1580–1637, French mathematician and inventor.
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1. (noun) Vernier, Paul Vernier
French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)
2. (noun) vernier scale, vernier
a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale
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1. (noun) vernier
a short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain convenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certain number, either one less or one more, of the divisions of the instrument, so that parts of a division are determined by observing what line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument
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