Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vernier

2 senses of vernier

Sense 1
Vernier, Paul Vernier -- (French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637))
       INSTANCE OF=> mathematician -- (a person skilled in mathematics)

Sense 2
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)
       => scale -- (an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks)