caliper

verb

Definition of calipernext
as in to calibrate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caliper
  1. calibrate
  2. measure
  3. weigh
  4. scale
  5. gauge
Verb
  • The company calibrates screen uniformity at the factory and uses software compensation to maintain performance as the display ages.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Those instruments were calibrated for an institution that enrolled school graduates, taught them for three to five years, and handed them to a stable labor market.
    — Ann Kirschner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of calibrate
Verb
  • The issue of companies measuring productivity based on hours in rather than results out was a problem long before AI came along.
    — Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • This vector is defined by a list of coordinates, where each coordinate measures how much of a particular attribute that person has.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of measure
Verb
  • For the fifth consecutive year, The Athletic has ranked the head coaches of the Football Bowl Subdivision into eight tiers, weighing everything from resume to resources to longevity and more.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • California lawmakers are weighing whether to take action after videos surfaced showing an electric-shock glove that may soon be used as part of federal immigration enforcement.
    — Steve Large, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of weigh
Verb
  • As residents complain and other communities, such as Monroe County and Sumpter Township, have scaled back or decided against Flock cameras, Waterford police have no plans to take down these cameras anytime soon.
    — Heath Kalb, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Related Articles The majority of the Lust works are modestly scaled with low values, likely to be sold during day sales, but around 10 are considered major works, the top lot almost certainly a large sculpture by Alberto Giacometti.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of scale
Verb
  • In November 1999 the Federation of Irrigators organized highway blockades outside Cochabamba to protest the new legislation and gauge public support for broader resistance.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers also studied the effects on revenue to gauge whether consumers supported or expressed a backlash against corporations over their DEI efforts, finding no detectable differences.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of gauge
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“Caliper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caliper. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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