calipers /cal·i·pers/ (kal´ĭ-perz) an instrument with two bent or curved legs used for measuring thickness or diameter of a solid.
calipers
calipers [kal´ĭ-perz]
calipers
[kal′ipərz]
Etymology: Fr, calibre, bore of a gun
an instrument with two hinged, adjustable, curved legs, used to measure the thickness or the diameter of a convex or solid body. It is also used to measure space on a graph and in measuring ECG patterns.
calipers [kal´ĭ-perz]
an instrument with two bent or curved legs used for measuring thickness or diameter of a solid.
Skinfold calipers measure the thickness of subcutaneous fat tissue in millimeters. This gives a rough measurement of adiposity. (NOTE: Large caliper readings are read counterclockwise.) Courtesy of Dorice Czajka-Narins, in Mahan and Escott-Stump, 2000.
calipers
instrument with two bent or curved legs used to measure thickness or diameter of a solid, or the internal dimensions of a hollow object.
electronic calipers
used in ultrasonography to measure the distance between two points or the circumference of an object.
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