Vernier

Definition:

  • (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 that parts of a division are determined by observing what line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument.

Compare vernier with other words:

dernier vs. vernier

calipers vs. vernier

control vs. vernier

graduation vs. vernier

fine vs. vernier

scale vs. vernier

nonius vs. vernier

micrometer vs. vernier