Etymology

vernier

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Today it means: A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale. Full definition →

French vernier
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  1. French · borrowed fromvernier
  2. English todayvernier

Borrowed from French vernier. From Pierre Vernier, the inventor.

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