Found 2 hits - Term: caliper compasses, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
compasses \com"passes\, 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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
bow compasses. see bow-compass.
caliber compasses, caliper compasses. see calipers.
proportional, triangular, etc., compasses. see under
proportional, etc.
1913 webster
see also:
dividers bow compasses bow-compass caliber compasses caliper compasses calipers
proportional triangular compasses
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
calipers \cal"ipers\, 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.
1913 webster
caliper square, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square,
having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws.
--knight.
vernier calipers. see vernier.
1913 webster
see also:
caliper compasses caliber compasses caliper square vernier calipers vernier
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