- vernier (fine control)
- VERN, vernier (fine control)верньер
English-Russian dictionary of program "Mir-Shuttle". С.В. Курбатов.. 2015.
English-Russian dictionary of program "Mir-Shuttle". С.В. Курбатов.. 2015.
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