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)
Danish: skydelære (da) c
Dutch: schuifmaat (nl) f
Finnish: työntömitta (fi)
French: pied à coulisse (fr) m
German: Messschieber (de) m, Schiebelehre f, Schublehre (de) f

Japanese: ノギス (ja) (nogisu)
Malay: angkup vernier
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skyvelære (no) m or f or n
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

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