(design engineering) A caliper having two curved legs which point toward each other; used for measuring outside dimensions of a workpiece.
outside caliper
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(′au̇t′sīd ′kal·ə·pər)
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A type of caliper which is especially designed for measuring the outside diameters of round or cylindrical objects.
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