VERNIER

Vernier, Paul Vernier

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Vernier (plural Verniers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Vernier is the 25518^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 968 individuals. Vernier is most common among White (92.25%) individuals.

Anagrams

• nervier, verrine

Etymology

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• nervier, verrine

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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