caliper
Example Sentences
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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
Some, like the caliper rhinoceros beetle, fence with long, straight points.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2023
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
