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A device used to measure thickness between two surfaces, especially for small or precise measurements.
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A metal (orthopedic) leg support.
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Examples of calipers in a Sentence
Two 260 mm front disks with floating calipers are assisted by a powerful 240 mm rear disk.
We use modified VW Golf cables to hook up to the rear calipers.
Brembo four-piston fixed calipers operate the front brake while twin-piston floating calipers activate the rear.
The last few examples of the '96 Turbo model received the revised brake calipers of the '97 model.
At the front I will use the largest vented disks I can fit with 4 pot alloy calipers.
The brakes are ventilated disks with 4 pot calipers and the suspension is double wishbone with coil over shocks.
The point where the brakes start emitting this noise is just above the limit when your brake calipers will start damaging the rotor of your wheel.
From skin fold calipers to high-tech machines, these tools can be found in several forms depending on what works best for you.
Some are as simple as the reliable skin fold calipers used in medical facilities for ages.
It is used by placing the calipers between the skin fold behind the upper arm or 1" above the hip bone.
Does it conjure up images of someone dressed in a starched white lab coat pinching your skin with calipers?
Calipers take an expert hand, and large tanks and scales needed for underwater weighing require equipment and space.
There are a number of ways to measure body composition, including skin fold calipers and hydrostatic weighing.
Tools such as calipers can be used to check skin fold thickness.
The new red chassis Uprated brake calipers The uprated brake calipers and dics were quite a surprise.
This caliper will fit directly to any Japanese bike that has radial calipers fitted as standard.
Further more, braking performance was also much improved, by the fitment ventilated front disks and 4-piston brake calipers.
Twin four-piston calipers operate on the front 308mm disks with a single-piston caliper on the rear 220mm disk.