vernier caliper

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   a caliper with a vernier scale for very fine measurements

   Synonymsvernier micrometer

   Broadercaliper

Questions about vernier caliper

What does vernier caliper mean?

vernier caliper means "a caliper with a vernier scale for very fine measurements".

What is another word for vernier caliper?

Close synonyms include vernier micrometer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vernier caliper a common word?

vernier caliper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.