Look up: Vernier

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   Vernier
   A vernier is an auxiliary scale, invented by Pierre Vernier, which enables the reading of the smallest divisions of a graduated scale. It is important in theodolites, sextants and the mountings for telescopes for accurate determination of angular positions.
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   Vernier
   [n] - French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)
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   Vernier
   A vernier is an auxiliary scale, invented by Pierre Vernier, which enables the reading of the smallest divisions of a graduated scale. It is important in theodolites, sextants and the mountings for telescopes for accurate determination of angular positions.The scale is read by first taking note of where the zero mark on the vernier scale falls on t...
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   vernier
   a small movable auxiliary scale attached to,and sliding in contact with,a larger scale.It enables readings to be taken on the latter to a fraction of a division Category: Physics • a short movable scale by which more minute measurements may be obtained from the graduated scale of an instrument HYDROGRAPHIC DICTIONARY Category: General
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   Vernier
   Ver'ni·er noun [ 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, s ...
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   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 o ...
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   Vernier
   Paul Vernier noun French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)
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   Vernier
   • (n.) 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 ...
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   vernier
   vernier (vûr'nēr) , auxiliary scale, either straight or an arc of a circle, designed to slide along a fixed scale. Its unit divisions, usually smaller than those on the fixed scale, permit a far more precise reading. The vernier is attached to the scales of instruments employed for ve...
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