"calipers" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is a noun and refers to a device used for measuring the dimensions of an object or its distance from another object. For example, "The mechanic used calipers to measure the distance between the front brakes."
She checks the straps of the calipers that help her to walk, reaches for her stick, and then stands.
In his later years it could be done by computer, and he used one, but only to check what he had already deduced with the calipers and tape-measure pulled from his battered leather bag.
Dividers and calipers were known to both the Greeks and Romans, though the caliper was uncommon.
To check the dimensions of a machined part, the calipers are first adjusted to the required dimension on a ruler or a standard plug or hole gauge; accuracy in calipering depends in large part on the sense of touch of the operator.
The calipers on the right side of the illustration have an adjusting screw and nut and are known as spring calipers, while those on the left are an illustration of firm-joint calipers, which are held in place by friction at the joint.
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This is backed up by the sharpest of steering and solid braking by Brembo iron discs gripped by six-piston calipers.
A portrait by Godfrey Kneller of the great political thinker John Locke with calipers, grasping a marble bust, head made all the more magnificent by the huge flurry of his wig, hangs above the marble fireplace.
Outside calipers measure thicknesses and outside diameters of objects; inside calipers measure hole diameters and distances between surfaces.
Digital calipers and other sophisticated instruments that load data directly into computers expedite data collection and analysis.
"Calipers," which are side stages that extend from the main stage through the arch to locations at the right and the left front of the house, have also been used to allow the actors to perform in the same volume of space as that occupied by the audience, at least for small portions of the performance.
