| 释义 |
vernier /vûrˈni-ər/ noun- A short scale sliding on a graduated scale to give fractional readings
- A small auxiliary device that enables a piece of apparatus to be adjusted very accurately (eg a vernier condenser a condenser of small capacitance connected in parallel with one of larger capacitance)
- A small rocket engine used to make the movement of a booster rocket, or of a ballistic missile, more precisely as required
adjective Of, relating to, or having a vernier ORIGIN: P Vernier (1580–1637), French mathematician, who invented the scale |