Vernier, Paul Vernier
(noun) French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Vernier (plural Verniers)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Vernier is the 25518th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 968 individuals. Vernier is most common among White (92.25%) individuals.
• nervier, verrine
vernier (plural verniers)
A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale.
A secondary control input with finer control than the primary, or coarse, input; for example the vernier frequency tuning knob on a radio.
(physics) A secondary system of force application for the attitude control of a spacecraft; for example a vernier thruster.
• nervier, verrine
Source: Wiktionary
Ver"ni*er, n. Etym: [So named after the inventor, Pierre Vernier.]
Definition: 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. Vernier calipers, Vernier gauge, a gauge with a graduated bar and a sliding jaw bearing a vernier, used for accurate measurements.
– Vernier compass, a surveyor's compass with a vernier for the accurate adjustment of the zero point in accordance with magnetic variation.
– Vernier transit, a surveyor's transit instrument with a vernier compass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 November 2024
(noun) the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; “he gave the suspect a quick frisk”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
