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/ˈkæl.ɪ.pəz/ · noun
A device used to measure dimensions, especially for small or precise measurements..
"Good, good for there," he mumbled, and then with a certain eagerness asked me whether I would let him measure my head. Rather surprised, I said Yes, when he produced a thing like calipers and got the dimensions back and front and every way, taking notes carefully.
And simultaneously I raise my trouser cuff to reveal the leather straps and wicked steel calipers harnessing my right boot.
Use calipers when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Calipers means A device used to measure dimensions, especially for small or precise measurements..
Common synonyms include leg braces, caliper, callipers, calliper.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"Good, good for there," he mumbled, and then with a certain eagerness asked me whether I would let him measure my head. Rather surprised, I said Yes, when he produced a thing like calipers and got the dimensions back and front and every way, taking notes carefully.
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