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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Calipers \Cal"i*pers\, n. pl. [Corrupted from caliber.] 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}. {Caliper square}, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. --Knight. {Vernier calipers}. See {Vernier}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Compasses \Com"pass*es\, n., pl. An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move. Note: The compasses for drawing circles have adjustable pen points, pencil points, etc.; those used for measuring without adjustable points are generally called dividers. See {Dividers}. {Bow compasses}. See {Bow-compass}. {Caliber compasses}, {Caliper compasses}. See {Calipers}. {Proportional}, {Triangular}, etc., {compasses}. See under {Proportional}, etc. | |
