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VERNIER CALIPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vernier caliper mean? 

VERNIER CALIPER (noun)
  The noun VERNIER CALIPER has 1 sense:

1. a caliper with a vernier scale for very fine measurementsplay

  Familiarity information: VERNIER CALIPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VERNIER CALIPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A caliper with a vernier scale for very fine measurements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

vernier caliper; vernier micrometer

Hypernyms ("vernier caliper" is a kind of...):

caliper; calliper (an instrument for measuring the distance between two points (often used in the plural))


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