CALIPER

caliper, calliper

(noun) an instrument for measuring the distance between two points (often used in the plural)

caliper, calliper

(verb) measure the diameter of something with calipers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

caliper (plural calipers)

(usually, plural only) Uncommon variant of calipers.

(automotive) The part of a disc brake that holds the brake pads.

Anagrams

• earclip, replica

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

24 December 2024

INTUITIVELY

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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