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Definition of Calipers
1. 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.
Definition of Calipers
1. Noun. A device used to measure thickness between two surfaces, especially for small or precise measurements. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calipers
1. caliper [v] - See also: caliper
Medical Definition of Calipers
1. An instrument used for measuring diameters. Origin: a corruption of caliber (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calipers
Literary usage of Calipers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Mental and Physical Tests: A Book of Directions Compiled with by Guy Montrose Whipple (1914)
"(3) Remove the calipers and set them by tightening the set- screw at the supposed
... (4) Replace the calipers thus set and tightened, and again execute the ..."
2. Text-book of Advanced Machine Work: Prepared for Students in Technical by Robert Henry Smith (1915)
"Hold rule A perpendicularly against carriage B. Place calipers C with ...
SETTING INSIDE calipers. Another method is to set calipers to a standard ring gage ..."
3. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"In the table below is given a list of the reduced dimensions for different amounts
of side play of the calipers in a 12-inch hole. From this, the dimensions ..."
4. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1878)
"calipers. An instrument for measuring the diameter or thickness of objects.
calipers are made in a variety of form?, of which several examples are given in ..."
5. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"C is an inside and outside calipers with a graduated arc and index-finger. ...
One- leg has a spring, and expands as the calipers is passed over the work, ..."
6. Elements of Drawing by George Frederick Blessing, Lewis Andrew Darling (1912)
"The best calipers and dividers are made of finely tempered steel and are ...
The outside calipers (see Fig. 34) are used to determine the diameters of ..."
7. Laboratory Physics: A Students Manual for Colleges and Scientific Schools by Dayton Clarence Miller (1903)
"Determine the dimensions of a steel cylinder with English and metric micrometer
calipers, and find the ratio of the inch to the centimeter. ..."
8. Laboratory Physics: A Students Manual for Colleges and Scientific Schools by Dayton Clarence Miller (1903)
"Determine the dimensions of a steel cylinder with English and metric micrometer
calipers, and find the ratio of the inch to the centimeter. ..."
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