nonius

English

Etymology

Latinised form of the name of Pedro Nunes (1502-78), a Portuguese mathematician and geographer.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊnɪəs/

Noun

nonius (plural noniuses)

A device for adjusting the accuracy of mathematical instruments, later superseded by the vernier
- 1997: Well, of course, one must manipulate the various Screw-Settings precisely, read the Nonius, and an hundred other details besides I’d but bore you with — Thomas Pynchon Mason & Dixon

Derived terms

nonius horopter

Translations

device for adjusting the accuracy of mathematical instruments

Catalan: nònius m
Finnish: noonio (fi)
Galician: nonio m

Italian: nonio (it) m
Portuguese: nônio m (Brazil), nónio m (Portugal)
Spanish: nonius m, nonio (es) m

Anagrams

UNISON, Unions, unions, unison

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