Usually means: Precision in detecting small misalignments.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Vernier acuity)

noun:  (from the term "vernier scale", named after astronomer Pierre Vernier) a type of visual acuity – more precisely of hyperacuity – that measures the ability to discern a disalignment among two line segments or gratings.


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