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ver•ni•er

Pronunciation: (vûr'nē-ur), [key]
—n.
1. Also,ver'nier scale".a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale. See illus. under sextant.
2. Mach.an auxiliary device for giving a piece of apparatus a higher adjustment accuracy.

—adj.
equipped with a vernier: a vernier barometer.

Ver•nier

Pronunciation: (vûr'nē-ur; Fr. ver-nyā'), [key]
—n.
Pierre Pronunciation: (pyer), [key] 1580–1637, French mathematician and inventor.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

vernicle

vernier caliper

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