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noun
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Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
2.
Machinery. an auxiliary device for giving a piece of apparatus a higher adjustment accuracy.
adjective
3.
equipped with a vernier: a vernier barometer.
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Vernier
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Origin:
1760–70; named after P. Vernier
1760–70; named after P. Vernier
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vernier
1766, device for making precise measurements, from name of inventor, Fr. mathematician Paul Vernier (1580-1637), who described it in a tract published 1631.
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Vernier  (věr-nyā') Pronunciation Key
French mathematician and maker of scientific instruments, known especially for his invention of an auxiliary scale (named after him) used for obtaining a highly precise reading of a subdivision of an ordinary scale. |
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