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VERNIERS
Proper noun
Verniers
plural of Vernier
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Noun
verniers
plural of vernier
Anagrams
• verrines
Source: Wiktionary
VERNIER
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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