Calipers

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Cal´i`pers

n. pl.

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.

Vernier calipers
See Vernier. - Knight.

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