Calipers vs Vernier - What's the difference?
calipers | vernier |
A device used to measure thickness between two surfaces, especially for small or precise measurements.
* 1902 , (Joseph Conrad), , section I,
(UK) A metal (orthopedic) leg support, US: leg braces.
A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale.
A secondary control input with finer control than the primary, or coarse, input; for example the vernier frequency tuning knob on a radio.
(physics) A secondary system of force application for the attitude control of a spacecraft; for example a .
As nouns the difference between calipers and vernier
is that calipers is a device used to measure thickness between two surfaces, especially for small or precise measurements while vernier is a secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale.calipers
English
(wikipedia calipers)Alternative forms
* callipersNoun
(en-plural noun)- "Good, good for there," he mumbled, and then with a certain eagerness asked me whether I would let him measure my head. Rather surprised, I said Yes, when he produced a thing like calipers and got the dimensions back and front and every way, taking notes carefully.