vernier scale

Questions about vernier scale

What is another word for vernier scale?

It depends which vernier scale you mean. In the sense “a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale”, the synonyms are vernier. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of vernier scale?

WordNet records no antonym for vernier scale. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for vernier scale come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of vernier scale

• Full entry for vernier scaleAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for vernier scaleWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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