calipers
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
A corruption of caliber.
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Noun[edit]
calipers pl (plural only)
- A device used to measure dimensions, especially for small or precise measurements.
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:
- "Good, good for there," he mumbled, and then with a certain eagerness asked me whether I would let him measure my head. Rather surprised, I said Yes, when he produced a thing like calipers and got the dimensions back and front and every way, taking notes carefully.
- (UK) A metal (orthopedic) leg support.
- Synonym: (US) leg braces
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Translations[edit]
measuring device
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