calipers

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He measured an ordinary 2¼-inch kitchen match with digital calipers, then scaled it up precisely to 8 feet.

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  1. 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.

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  • They have so frequently to stop working, in order to examine the work in hand, to use the straight edge, the square, or the calipers, to ascertain whether they are "working correctly." —  James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.
  • Gingerbeard has calipers, scales, tools in his eyes; he stares at Iris. —  Maguire, Gregory - Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister - UC [.html].htm
  • Using calipers, he picked up the tiny sliver and walked toward Lex, proudly showing him the slice. —  Marv wolfman - Superman Returns
  • He lost his balance as the calipers and crystal flew out of his hands and dropped into the center of the lake. —  Marv wolfman - Superman Returns
  • Now they were carefully cutting away the damaged portions of the data bus and fitting replacement parts Micro-calipers. —  Maverick, Isaac Asimov's Robots And Aliens -- Book 5
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