"vernier" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French vernier. From Pierre Vernier, the inventor.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale."
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        "A secondary control input with finer control than the primary, or coarse, input; for example the vernier frequency tuning knob on a radio."
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        "A secondary system of force application for the attitude control of a spacecraft; for example a vernier thruster."
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        "(physics) A secondary system of force application for the attitude control of a spacecraft; for example a vernier thruster."
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      "other": "/ˈvɚniːɹ/"
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    "Vernier scale"
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  "word": "vernier"
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    },
    {
      "word": "vernier compass"
    },
    {
      "word": "vernier gage"
    },
    {
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        "(physics) A secondary system of force application for the attitude control of a spacecraft; for example a vernier thruster."
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