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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 vernier calipers
 游標卡尺

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ver·ni·er n.  A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain convenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certain number, either one less or one more, of the divisions of the instrument, so that parts of a division are determined by observing what line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument.
 Vernier calipers, Vernier gauge, a gauge with a graduated bar and a sliding jaw bearing a vernier, used for accurate measurements.
 Vernier compass, a surveyor's compass with a vernier for the accurate adjustment of the zero point in accordance with magnetic variation.
 Vernier transit, a surveyor's transit instrument with a vernier compass.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cal·i·pers n. pl.  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.
 Caliper square, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. --Knight.
 Vernier calipers. See Vernier.
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