Usually means: Measuring tool for distance between.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word caliper:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. caliper: Merriam-Webster
  2. caliper: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. caliper: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. caliper: Collins English Dictionary
  5. caliper: Vocabulary.com
  6. Caliper, caliper: Wordnik
  7. caliper: Wiktionary
  8. caliper: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. caliper (calliper): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. caliper: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. caliper: Dictionary.com
  12. caliper: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Caliper (disambiguation), Caliper: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. caliper: Rhymezone
  15. caliper: FreeDictionary.org
  16. caliper: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. caliper: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. caliper: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Body Piercing Glossary (No longer online)
  3. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Webopedia (No longer online)
  2. caliper: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. caliper: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  3. caliper: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Caliper (brake): Bicycle Glossary

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. CALIPER: NATURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY
  4. Paper Making (No longer online)
  5. Caliper (or Calliper): Pottery Studio

(Note: See calipered as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (caliper)

noun:  (automotive) The part of a disc brake that holds the brake pads.
verb:  (transitive) To use calipers to measure the size of.
noun:  (often plural only) Alternative form of calipers [A device used to measure dimensions, especially for small or precise measurements.]

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