caliper

caliper
/kal"euh peuhr/, n.
1. 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.
2. any of various calibrated instruments for measuring thicknesses or distances between surfaces, usually having a screwed or sliding adjustable piece. Cf. vernier caliper.
3. thickness or depth, as of paper or a tree.
4. Usually, calipers. the pincers of an earwig.
5. Auto. the part of a disc-brake assembly that straddles the disc and presses the brake pads against it. See illus. under disc brake.
6. a similar part used with a hand brake on a bicycle.
v.t.
7. to measure with calipers.
v.i.
8. to use calipers.
Also, calliper.
[1580-90; presumably var. of CALIBER]

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Instrument that consists of two adjustable legs or jaws for measuring the dimensions of material parts.

Spring calipers have an adjusting screw and nut; firm-joint calipers use friction at the joint to hold the legs unmoving. Outside calipers measure thicknesses and outside diameters of objects; inside calipers measure hole diameters and distances between surfaces. Hermaphrodite calipers, which have one leg bent inward and one straight leg ending in a sharp point, are used for scribing lines at a specified distance from a flat or curved surface. See also micrometer.

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▪ measurement instrument
also spelled  Calliper,  
 measuring instrument that consists of two adjustable legs or jaws for measuring the dimensions of material parts. The calipers on the right side of the illustration—> have an adjusting screw and nut and are known as spring calipers; those on the left are an illustration of firm-joint calipers, which are held in place by friction at the joint. Outside calipers measure thicknesses and outside diameters of objects; inside calipers measure hole diameters and distances between surfaces. To check the dimensions of a machined part, the calipers are first adjusted to the required dimension on a ruler or a standard plug or hole gauge; accuracy in calipering depends in large part on the sense of touch of the operator.

      A hermaphrodite caliper has one leg bent inward and one straight leg ending in a sharp point; this type of caliper is used for scribing lines at a specified distance from a flat or curved surface.

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Universalium. 2010.

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