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单词 calliper
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Example sentences from the Web for calliper

  • Mrs. Calliper would not let any of the children go, but she put down Dot to carry the baby.

    Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880|Various
  • Yes, and Mrs. Calliper meant to dry them all and sell them, and buy some things for Dot and Molly and the baby.

    Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880|Various
  • Mrs. Calliper and the children heard the guns go off pretty quickly after that—bang!

    Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880|Various

calliper

US caliper

/ (ˈkælɪpə) /

noun

Also called: calliper compasses (often plural) an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
Also called: calliper splint med a splint consisting of two metal rods with straps attached, for supporting or exerting tension on the leg

verb

(tr) to measure the dimensions of (an object) with callipers

Word Origin for calliper

C16: variant of calibre

Words nearby calliper

call in sick, calliope, calliopean, calliopsis, callipash, calliper, calliper rule, Calliphora, Callippic cycle, Callippus, callipygian
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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