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Noun vernier has 2 senses
- vernier scale, vernier - a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale
--1 is a kind of scale
- Vernier, Paul Vernier - French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)
--2 is a kind of mathematician
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