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caliper
[ kal-uh-per ]
noun
- Usually calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- any of various calibrated instruments for measuring thicknesses or distances between surfaces, usually having a screwed or sliding adjustable piece. Compare vernier caliper.
- thickness or depth, as of paper or a tree.
- Usually calipers. the pincers of an earwig.
- Automotive. the part of a disc-brake assembly that straddles the disc and presses the brake pads against it.
- a similar part used with a hand brake on a bicycle.
verb (used with object)
- to measure with calipers.
verb (used without object)
- to use calipers.
caliper
/ ˈ°ìæ±ôɪ±èÉ™ /
noun
- the usual US spelling of calliper
caliper
/ °ìă±ô′ə-±èÉ™°ù /
- An instrument consisting of two curved legs connected at a hinge, used to measure thickness and distance. Often used in the plural as calipers.
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Example Sentences
It took a mechanic failing to do up the bolts on a rear brake caliper after qualifying to stop Verstappen winning in Australia two weeks ago.
Red Bull said his retirement was caused by a caliper causing the brake to bind on to the disc.
To do the work, the team used a large lathe to spin a detached brake rotor and caliper.
Using a delicate magnetic caliper employed by violin makers to measure in millimeters an instrument’s walls and veneers, the conservators tracked the wood’s thickness at short intervals along the crack.
Horne examines calipers found on an old operating table in the warehouse of the Sedro-Woolley Museum.
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