Device used to measure the distance between two opposite sides of an object.
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Examples for "caliper"
Examples for "caliper"
1Always caliper the work on a lathe while it is standing still.
2QT interval measurements were obtained manually using a reproducible digital caliper technique.
3The rear brake caliper is the housing that holds the brake pads.
4At the end of the line he measured them with a digital caliper.
5One man with legs reminiscent of a caliper stood over the stilled football.
1They were frightened of the nickel-plated calliper I used for the purpose.
2A small beam-calliper, with outside edges, for examining the adjusting rings and the ring-gauges.
3From the head protruded two great horny jaws, that bore some resemblance to a pair of calliper compasses.
4Having made a rough sketch of the weapon on his block, Thorndyke produced from his bag a folding rule and a delicate calliper-gauge.
5A beam-calliper for measuring diameters is a square of steel or iron, with two branches, one of which is fixed and the other sliding.
Translations for sliding caliper