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vernier_caliper

vernier caliper

English

A vernier caliper.

Noun

vernier caliper ‎(plural vernier calipers)

A type of sliding calipers for measuring the external or internal dimensions of objects, using the vernier scale for improved precision.

Translations

measuring instrument

Chinese:
Mandarin: 卡尺 (zh) ‎(qiǎchǐ, kǎchǐ)
Czech: šuplera (cs)
Finnish: työntömitta (fi)
French: pied à coulisse (fr) m
German: Messschieber (de) m, Schiebelehre f, Schublehre (de) f

Japanese: ノギス ‎(nogisu)
Malay: angkup vernier
Russian: штангенинструме́нт (ru) m ‎(štangeninstrumént), штангенци́ркуль (ru) m ‎(štangencírkulʹ) (calipers)
Slovak: posuvne meradlo
Spanish: calibre (es) m, calibrador m, vernier m
Swedish: skjutmått (sv) n