caliper
Example Sentences
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She lives with a disability and uses callipers to support her legs.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2020
She had to wear leg callipers for several years, and now at 54 she still walks with a profound limp.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2018
The young Eddie of the film wears callipers, and is constantly discouraged from sports by his plasterer father.
From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2016
One is to judge the nodule by its diameter, as measured by callipers on the radiograph.
From Nature • Sep. 9, 2014
When the lizard was small enough the Doctor held it with the callipers and then laid it on the ring.
From The Girl in the Golden Atom by Cummings, Ray
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