Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Calipers"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Calipers \Cal"i*pers\, n. pl. [Corrupted from caliber.]
An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or
compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or
thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer,
timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes,
etc.; -- called also {caliper compasses}, or {caliber
compasses}.
{Caliper square}, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square,
having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws.
--Knight.
{Vernier calipers}. See {Vernier}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
calipers
n : an instrument for measuring the distance between two points
[syn: {caliper}, {calliper}, {callipers}]
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