nonius
/ˈnəʊnɪəs/
nonius noun: a device for adjusting the accuracy of mathematical instruments, later superseded by the vernier.
Noun
nonius (plural noniuses)
- A device for adjusting the accuracy of mathematical instruments, later superseded by the vernier.
- 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,—1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 332
Forms of nonius
| plural | noniuses |
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Origin of nonius
Borrowed from Latin Nonius, the Latinised form of the name of its inventor, Pedro Nunes (1502-78), a Portuguese mathematician and geographer.
Words formed from nonius
Words that rhyme with nonius
- ceremonious
- melonious
- harmonious
- parsimonious
- acrimonious
- felonious
- inharmonious
- sanctimonious
- agonious
- commonious
- disharmonious
- euphonious
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Questions about nonius
- What does nonius mean?
- Nonius means a device for adjusting the accuracy of mathematical instruments, later superseded by the vernier.
- What part of speech is nonius?
- Nonius is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nonius?
- Nonius is pronounced /ˈnəʊnɪəs/.
- What is the plural of nonius?
- The plural of nonius is noniuses.
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