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n. A device used to measure thickness between two surfaces, especially for small or precise measurements.

noun-plural. 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.

"Not 'calipers', those little measuring, pinchy-things."

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