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Vernier vs Nonius - What's the difference?

vernier | nonius |

As nouns the difference between vernier and nonius

is that vernier is a secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale while nonius is a device for adjusting the accuracy of mathematical instruments, later superseded by the vernier.

vernier

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale.
  • A secondary control input with finer control than the primary, or coarse, input; for example the vernier frequency tuning knob on a radio.
  • (physics) A secondary system of force application for the attitude control of a spacecraft; for example a .

    • See also

    * calipers * nonius

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    nonius

    English

    Noun

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  • A device for adjusting the accuracy of mathematical instruments, later superseded by the vernier
  • :* 1997': Well, of course, one must manipulate the various Screw-Settings precisely, read the '''Nonius , and an hundred other details besides I’d but bore you with — Thomas Pynchon ''Mason & Dixon

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