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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'nonius' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions nonius noun  a device for adjusting the accuracy of mathematical instruments, later superseded by the vernier 1997: Well, of course, one must manipulate the various Screw-Settings precisely, read the Nonius, and an hundred other details besides I"d but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 Etymology: Latinised form of the name of w:Pedro Nunes, Pedro Nuíes (1502-78), a Portuguese mathematician and geographer.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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