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
31 May 2025
(adjective) expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; “her amatory affairs”; “amorous glances”; “a romantic adventure”; “a romantic moonlight ride”
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