calipers

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cal·i·pers /ˈkæləpəz $ -ərz/ noun [plural]  XXthe American spelling of callipers callipers的美式拼法

Examples from the Corpus

calipers• In the preschool program scales must be properly calibrated, and calipers must be properly adjusted. 4.• Fat calipers, motivation tapes, an exercise video, and some recipes pad out her product.• Judith C had been disabled since birth, getting about with sticks and, for much of her life, leg calipers.• And you had to sign a chit to use things like the height gauge, the big micrometers, calipers.• From these other points could be measured by triangulation with compasses or calipers.• It's been replaced by a pair of cheaper steel discs gripped by Brembo four-pot calipers.• The cast-iron disc brakes work with four-pot calipers and it rides on 10ins rims at the front and 14ins at the rear.• Ever the engineers, they used calipers to make their measurements.Origin calipers (1500-1600) caliber

cal·i·pers nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus American spelling the of callipers

calipers

I

cal‧i‧pers /ˈkæləpəz, ˈkælɪpəz $ -ərz/ noun [plural]the American spelling of callipers

II

cal‧li‧pers British English, calipers American English /ˈkæləpəz, ˈkælɪpəz $ -ərz/ noun [plural]
1. a tool used for measuring thickness, or the distance between two surfaces, or the diameter (=inside width) of something
2. British English metal bars that someone wears on their legs to help them walk
   SYN  brace American English