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Borrowed from Latin Nonius, the Latinised form of the name of its inventor, Pedro Nunes (1502-78), a Portuguese mathematician and geographer.

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nonius (plural noniuses)

  1. A device for adjusting the accuracy of mathematical instruments, later superseded by the vernier.

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