DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
vernier
/'vɜrniər/ · vɜrniər
Vernier has 3 syllables: ver · ni · er.
ver
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ni
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er
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noun. A small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale.
noun. French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637).
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