Vernier
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Vernier may refer to:

Secondary adjustment devices for forms of "fine tuning":
  • Vernier scale
    Vernier scale
    A vernier scale is an additional scale which allows a distance or angle measurement to be read more precisely than directly reading a uniformly-divided straight or circular measurement scale...

     on measuring instruments
  • Vernier thruster
    Vernier thruster
    A vernier thruster is a thruster used on a spacecraft for attitude control. It is a smaller thrust motor than main attitude control motors and is used for fine adjustments to the attitude or velocity of a spacecraft...

    , on spacecraft
  • Vernier throttle
    Vernier throttle
    A vernier throttle is a throttle often used in aircraft. It uses a cable and a screw mechanism to provide the operator precise control over an engine's operation. The concept is similar in use to vernier calipers which have a primary operation for gross movement, and a secondary operation for...

    , on aircraft
  • Vernier sight, on target rifles

People:
  • Pierre Vernier
    Pierre Vernier
    Pierre Vernier was a French mathematician and instrument inventor. He was inventor and eponym of the vernier scale used in measuring devices....

     (1580–1637), French mathematician and engineer
  • Klaus Vernier (died 1944), German sailor who died on German submarine U-2331


Other:
  • Vernier, Switzerland
    Vernier, Switzerland
    Vernier is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It is divided into different sections: Vernier Village, Le Lignon, Aïre, Les Avanchets, Cointrin and Châtelaine.-Tourist Information and History:...

  • Vernier Software & Technology
    Vernier Software & Technology
    Vernier Software & Technology is an educational software and equipment company based in Portland, Oregon that produces sensors and graphing software for use in science education...

    , U.S. based producer of sensors and graphing software for science education

See also

  • Vernier Road, portion of M-102 (Michigan highway)
    M-102 (Michigan highway)
    M-102 is a state trunkline in the US state of Michigan, running along the northern boundary of Detroit. It is known as 8 Mile Road for most of its length. As part of the land surveying of the state, the road follows the Michigan Baseline, and it is called Base Line Road in places. M-102 is the...

  • Marais-Vernier
    Marais-Vernier
    Marais-Vernier is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France.The river ends with the Seine on the left bank near Quillebeuf-sur-Seine. It is isolated from a river by a ditch which was constructed by the Dutch....

    , commune of France
  • Veneer (disambiguation)
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