: any of various measuring instruments having two usually adjustable arms, legs, or jaws used especially to measure diameter or thickness—usually used in plural
a pair of calipers
b
: a device for pressing a frictional material (such as a brake pad) against the sides of a rotating wheel or disc
2
: thickness especially of paper, cardboard, or a tree
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Noun
The curvaceous car will go out with a bang, however, thanks to Final Edition versions that are dressed up with red brake calipers, specific trim items and suede cabin accents.—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 For the Durango, customers can choose from a variety of six custom wheels, four colors for brake calipers, six exterior colors, six badge colors, five stripe designs, five interior seat colors and four seat belt colors.—Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
Standard Tornado Red calipers signal to the 99.999999 percent that this is indeed the V-8 trim.—Tony Markovich, Car and Driver, 12 Jan. 2018 See All Example Sentences for caliper
: a measuring instrument with two legs or jaws that can be adjusted to determine thickness, diameter, or distance between surfaces—usually used in plural
: any of various measuring instruments having two usually adjustable arms, legs, or jaws used to measure thickness, diameter, and distance between surfaces—usually used in plural
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