Word: verniers
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ver
ni
ers
Definition: Plural of vernier. French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)
Morphemes:
Affix: vernier
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: vernier
Language: fr
Decoded: vernier
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.