vernier : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vernier	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vernier n French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637) Synonym(s): Vernier, Paul Vernier a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale Synonym(s): vernier scale, vernier
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vernier \Ver"nier\, n. [So named after the inventor, Pierre Vernier.] 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.