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caliper

[kal-uh-per] / ˈkæl ə pər /


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Red Bull said his retirement was caused by a caliper causing the brake to bind on to the disc.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2024

To do the work, the team used a large lathe to spin a detached brake rotor and caliper.

From Science Daily Mar. 12, 2024

Using a delicate magnetic caliper employed by violin makers to measure in millimeters an instrument’s walls and veneers, the conservators tracked the wood’s thickness at short intervals along the crack.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 18, 2024

Two-year-old red oaks are already 24 inches high, and he said they will attain a 1-inch caliper trunk after four years, a size when they can be safely planted.

From Seattle Times Oct. 18, 2021

Using a caliper and other special tools, Agent Burger, with the help of the Dallas police, took eleven of Morrison’s body measurements.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Pulling alongside the Portland Head Light, a lighthouse dating to 1791, Martin yanked up a trap that held three shiny lobsters, and then demonstrated how to measure their shells with calipers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

In the Netflix film, Swan demonstrates with calipers on a life-size, anatomically correct male baby doll in a coffee shop to the nervous titters of the participants.

From Slate Apr. 16, 2026

Horne examines calipers found on an old operating table in the warehouse of the Sedro-Woolley Museum.

From Seattle Times Jul. 16, 2023

On a recent weekday, a dozen biologists armed with nets, calipers and notebooks gathered before daybreak at the Angeles National Forest site to take a full accounting of one of California’s great wildlife spectacles.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2023

He goes to a drawer and pulls out a set of calipers.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland




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