vernier

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vernier /ˈvəːnɪə/

▶noun a small movable graduated scale for obtaining fractional parts of subdivisions on a fixed main scale of a barometer, sextant, or other measuring instrument.

– origin C18: named after the 16th-cent. French mathematician Pierre Vernier.

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