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verniers

verniers is the plural of vernier.

Meaning of vernier

Noun

vernier (plural verniers)

  1. A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale.
  2. A secondary control input with finer control than the primary, or coarse, input; for example the vernier frequency tuning knob on a radio.
  3. A secondary system of force application for the attitude control of a spacecraft; for example a vernier thruster.

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Proper noun capitalized: Verniers

Verniers

  1. (plural) plural of Vernier

Questions about verniers

What is verniers the plural of?
Verniers is the plural of vernier.
What part of speech is verniers?
Verniers is a proper noun.

Words near verniers in the dictionary

  1. vernicose
  2. Vernie
  3. vernier
  4. vernier caliper
  5. vernier calipers
  6. verniers
  7. vernile
  8. vernility
  9. vernine
  10. Vernio
  11. vernish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: verniers (page history and authors); Verniers (page history and authors); vernier (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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