• Look up vernier in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vernier may refer to: Vernier, Switzerland Vernier (surname) Pierre Vernier, French mathematician...
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    A vernier scale /vərˈniːˈər/ ver-NEE-er), named after Pierre Vernier, is a visual aid to take an accurate measurement reading between two graduation markings...
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    Calipers (redirect from Vernier caliper)
    scissors or glasses. Colloquially, the phrase "pair of verniers" or just "vernier" might refer to a vernier caliper. In loose colloquial usage, these phrases...
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    A vernier thruster is a rocket engine used on a spacecraft or launch vehicle for fine adjustments to the attitude or velocity. Depending on the design...
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    mechanical trades, along with other metrological instruments such as dial, vernier, and digital calipers. Micrometers are usually, but not always, in the...
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    Vernier (French pronunciation: [vɛʁ.nje]) is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, in Switzerland. The name "Vernier" comes from the Celtic word "verne...
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    Pierre Vernier (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ vɛʁnje]; 19 August 1580 at Ornans, Franche-Comté (at that time ruled by the Spanish Habsburgs, now part of...
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    Vernier acuity (from the term "vernier scale", named after astronomer Pierre Vernier) is a type of visual acuity – more precisely of hyperacuity – that...
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    Marais-Vernier (French pronunciation: [maʁɛ vɛʁnje]) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. It is situated near the left...
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  • A vernier throttle is a throttle often used in aircraft.[citation needed] It uses a cable and a screw mechanism to provide the operator precise control...
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  • Émile Vernier may refer to: Émile Louis Vernier (29 November 1829 – 24 May 1887), French painter and lithographer Émile Séraphin Vernier (16 October 1852...
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  • Vernier is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Émile Louis Vernier (1829–1887), French painter Marie Vernier (fl. 1590–1627), French...
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    and a surface gauge is that a height gauge has a measuring head (whether vernier, fine rack and pinion with dial, or linear encoder with digital display)...
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  • Vernier Software & Technology is an educational software company located in Beaverton, Oregon that produces technology used for scientific education....
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  • Vernier spectroscopy is a type of cavity enhanced laser absorption spectroscopy that is especially sensitive to trace gases. The method uses a frequency...
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  • Jean Vernier (21 July 1923 – 8 July 2006) was a French runner who specialized in the 1500 meters race. He was the twin brother of the athlete Jacques...
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    credited stage name as Pierre Vernier (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ vɛʁnje]; born 25 May 1931) is a French actor. Pierre Vernier has repeatedly worked with...
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    Gabrielle Vernier (born 12 June 1997) is a French rugby union player who plays for Blagnac SCR and the France women's national rugby union team. Vernier started...
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  • Jacques Vernier may refer to: Jacques Vernier (athlete) (1923–2015), French long-distance runner Jacques Vernier (politician) (born 1944), French politician...
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    Casa Venier (redirect from Casa Vernier)
    Casa Venier is a small Gothic-style palace on the north eastern side of Campo Santa Maria Formosa, adjacent to the complex of Palazzi Donà in the Sestiere...
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  • Émile-Séraphin Vernier (16 October 1852 – 9 September 1927) was a French sculptor, metal worker, engraver and medalist. He was president of the Société...
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    follow Vernier Road. The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction of 8 Mile Road and M-5 (Grand River Avenue) and the opposite end is at Vernier Road...
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    Theodore Vernier (born 28 July 1731 at Lons-le-Saunier, Jura; died 3 February 1818 in Paris), Count of Montorient, son of Jean Baptiste Vernier, lawyer...
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    Salto di Quirra Interforce Test Range in Sardinia, Italy. The Attitude Vernier Upper Module (AVUM) upper stage, developed by Avio, has been designed to...
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    Le Lignon is an urban development in the town of Vernier, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was built by architect George Addor between 1964 and 1966...
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  • Bernard Vernier-Palliez (2 March 1918 – 12 December 1999) was a French businessman, diplomat, and French Ambassador to the United States, from 1982 to...
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  • Marie Vernier or Venier (fl. 1590 – fl.1627), was a French stage actress, known also as Mlle La Porte. She is commonly thought to be the first French...
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    booster included two vernier thrusters and the core stage included four. The guidance system was inertial with radio control of the vernier thrusters. The widely...
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  • Nick Vernier Band is an alias (and anagram) for productions by Dutch musician and record producer Eric Van Den Brink. Although a 'one man band' in essence...
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    114,220 16 Schaffhausen Schaffhausen 36,952 7 Lucerne Luzern 82,620 17 Vernier Geneva 34,898 8 St. Gallen St. Gallen 76,213 18 Chur Graubünden 36,336...
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