nonius
English
Etymology
Latinised form of the name of Pedro Nunes (1502-78), a Portuguese mathematician and geographer.
Pronunciation
Noun
nonius (plural noniuses)
- A device for adjusting the accuracy of mathematical instruments, later superseded by the vernier
- 1997: Well, of course, one must manipulate the various Screw-Settings precisely, read the Nonius, and an hundred other details besides I’d but bore you with — Thomas Pynchon Mason & Dixon
Derived terms
Translations
device for adjusting the accuracy of mathematical instruments