caliper
ka luh per
- n an instrument for measuring the distance between two points (often used in the plural)
- v measure the diameter of something with calipers
- When the rider lightly squeezes the handles, a plunger pushes a silicone fluid through the tubes, causing the traditional caliper arms to close.
- The pins are connected on both sides to a kind of caliper and the leg is gently stretched until the two broken ends snap into place.
- Boyd ("Cowboy") Smith, half-sized halfback, with caliper legs and a blue jersey, ran for 80 yards to make one touchdown, for 45 to make another, and for the first time since .