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calliper

/kalˈəpəɹ/

calliper is the alternative spelling of caliper.

Meaning of caliper

Noun

caliper (plural calipers)

  1. The part of a disc brake that holds the brake pads.

See all 2 meanings of caliper

Forms of calliper

Noun
pluralcallipers
Verb
third-person singular presentcallipers
present participlecallipering
past participlecallipered
pastcallipered

Questions about calliper

What is calliper the alternative spelling of?
Calliper is the alternative spelling of caliper.
How do you pronounce calliper?
Calliper is pronounced /kalˈəpəɹ/.

Words near calliper in the dictionary

  1. callipatty
  2. callipee
  3. callipees
  4. callipeltin
  5. callipeltins
  6. calliper
  7. callipered
  8. callipering
  9. callipers
  10. calliphorid
  11. calliphorids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: calliper (page history and authors); caliper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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