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Complete Definition of "nonius"

English

Etymology
Latinised form of the name of w:Pedro Nunes|Pedro Nuñes (1502-78), a Portuguese mathematician and geographer.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'n��nɪ�s/

Noun
en-noun|es

  1. a device for adjusting the accuracy of mathematical instruments, later superseded by the vernier

#:*1997: Well, of course, one must manipulate the various Screw-Settings precisely, read the Nonius, and an hundred other details besides I�d but bore you with � Thomas Pynchon Mason & Dixon

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