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What is a vernier?

What is a vernier? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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. (physics) A secondary system of force application for the attitude control of a spacecraft; for example a vernier thruster.
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Shell lengths of clams were measured to the nearest 0.1 mm using vernier calipers before the start of each trial.
To measure the axial deformation, Bishop and Henkel used a vernier telescope, which was focused on top of the steel ball.
I chose instead to employ the vernier tang sight, and for me, this is the jewel of the No.2's sighting system.
In contrast, oriented lines, contrast information, and vernier offsets show a slight decay for such time intervals.
We measured length and maximum breadth of eggs laid by all study pairs using vernier calipers.
All grasshoppers were measured at the beginning of the experiment to the nearest 0.5 mm using vernier calipers.

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