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English noun: Vernier

1. Vernier (person) French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)


SynonymsPaul Vernier


Instance hypernymmathematician

2. vernier (artifact) a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale


Synonymsvernier scale


Broader (hypernym)scale









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