| Vernier, Pierre | <person> French mathematician, 1580-1637. See: Vernier acuity. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vernier | A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain convenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certain number, either one less or one more, of the divisions of the instrument, so that parts of a division are determined by observing what line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument. Vernier calipers, Vernier gauge, a gauge with a graduated bar and a sliding jaw bearing a vernier, used for accurate measurements. Vernier compass, a surveyor's compass with a vernier for the accurate adjustment of the zero point in accordance with magnetic variation. Vernier transit, a surveyor's transit instrument with a vernier compass. Origin: So named after the inventor, Pierre Vernier. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Vernier acuity | The detection of displacement of a portion of a line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Beclard, Pierre | <person> French anatomist, 1785-1825. See: Beclard's anastomosis, Beclard's hernia, Beclard's triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Berthelot, Pierre Eugene Marcellin | <person> French chemist, 1827-1907. See: Berthelot reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bonnier, Pierre | <person> French clinician, 1861-1918. See: Bonnier's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brasdor, Pierre | <person> French surgeon, 1721-1798. See: Brasdor's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Broca, Pierre | <person> French surgeon, neurologist, and anthropologist, 1824-1880. See: Broca's angles, Broca's aphasia, Broca's basilar angle, Broca's facial angle, Broca's area, Broca's parolfactory area, Broca's diagonal band, Broca's centre, Broca's field, Broca's fissure, Broca's formula, Broca's visual plane, Broca's pouch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Budin, Pierre | <person> French gynecologist, 1846-1907. See: Budin's obstetrical joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rayer, Pierre | <person> French physician, 1793-1867. See: Rayer's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Marie, Pierre | <person> French neurologist, 1853-1940. See: Marie's ataxia, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Bamberger-Marie disease, Bamberger-Marie syndrome, Marie-Strumpell disease, Strumpell-Marie disease, Brissaud-Marie syndrome, Foix-Cavany-Marie syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Maroteaux, Pierre | <person> French medical geneticist, *1926. See: Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gerdy, Pierre | <person> A French surgeon, 1797-1856. See: Gerdy's fibres, Gerdy's fontanel, Gerdy's hyoid fossa, Gerdy's ligament, Gerdy's interatrial loop, Gerdy's tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mauriac, Pierre | <person> French physician, *1882. See: Mauriac's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cazenave, Pierre | <person> Alphee, French dermatologist, 1795-1877. See: Cazenave's vitiligo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Menetrier, Pierre | <person> French physician, 1859-1935. See: Menetrier's disease, Menetrier's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |