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Meaning Of Calipers
n. pl.
An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers
or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness
of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot,
etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper
compasses, or caliber compasses.