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vernier
noun
- a short graduated scale that slides along a longer graduated instrument and is used to indicate fractional parts of divisions, as in a micrometeralso vernier scale
- any device that makes possible a finer setting of a tool or measuring instrument
adjective
of or fitted with a vernier
See vernier in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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