Usually means: Precision measurement tool for machinery.
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▸ noun:  A device for adjusting the accuracy of mathematical instruments, later superseded by the vernier.

Similar:
vernier, vernier caliper, stenometer, dial indicator, needle, knemometer, nauropometer, nasometer, strainometer, antimeter, more...

Opposite:
vernier scale, micrometer scale, measuring scale

Phrases:
nonius marcellus, petrus nonius, Marcus Nonius Macrinus, Nonius horse, more...

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Similar:
vernier, vernier caliper, stenometer, dial indicator, needle, knemometer, nauropometer, nasometer, strainometer, antimeter, more...

Opposite:
vernier scale, micrometer scale, measuring scale

Phrases:
nonius marcellus, petrus nonius, Marcus Nonius Macrinus, Nonius horse, more...



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