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noun(ver-ni-er)a short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument for indicating parts of divisions
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noun(ver-ni-er)a small auxiliary device used with a main device to obtain fine adjustment
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noun(ver-ni-er)any of two or more small supplementary rocket engines or gas nozzles on a missile or a rocket vehicle for making fine adjustments in the speed or course or controlling the attitude —called also vernier engine
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adjective(ver-ni-er)having or comprising a vernier
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biographical name(ver-ni-er)Pierre circa 1580—1637 French mathematician
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noun(ver-ni-er)a measuring device that consists of a main scale with a fixed jaw and a sliding jaw with an attached vernier