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See also: Vernier
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French vernier. From Pierre Vernier, the inventor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vernier (plural verniers)
- A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale.
- A secondary control input with finer control than the primary, or coarse, input; for example the vernier frequency tuning knob on a radio.
- (physics) A secondary system of force application for the attitude control of a spacecraft; for example a vernier thruster.
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French[edit]
Noun[edit]
vernier m (plural verniers)
References[edit]
- “vernier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
vernier n (plural verniere)
Declension[edit]
Declension of vernier
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) vernier | vernierul | (niște) verniere | vernierele |
genitive/dative | (unui) vernier | vernierului | (unor) verniere | vernierelor |
vocative | vernierule | vernierelor |
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