sliding caliper

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• sliding-caliper disc brake — A disc brake design with a sliding caliper. In one type, the caliper floats on the caliper frame grooves. The major components are: caliper (a casting with one cylinder and piston), caliper frame (casting) which is bolted to the suspension. In… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• sliding caliper — Similar toa floating caliper, but instead of riding on guide pins and bushings, the caliper slides on machined ways and is retained by keys or spring plates …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Caliper — For other uses, see Caliper (disambiguation). A vernier caliper …   Wikipedia

• caliper rule — n. a graduated rule with one sliding jaw and one that is stationary …   English World dictionary

• caliper — /kal euh peuhr/, n. 1. Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs. 2. any of various calibrated instruments for… …   Universalium

• caliper — cal•i•per art at Caligula or calliper [[t]ˈkæl ə pər[/t]] n. 1) wam Usu., calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and diameters, consisting usu. of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs 2) wam a calibrated instrument for measuring thickness …   From formal English to slang

• pin slider caliper disc brake — A disc brake design with a sliding caliper. The major components are: caliper (a casting with one cylinder and piston), caliper frame (casting), guide pins, Teflon or rubber sleeves/bushings. The caliper floats on the sleeves over the guide pins …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• hinged-caliper disc brake — An old disc brake design formerly used on motor cycles; superseded by sliding caliper disc brakes …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• vernier caliper — a caliper formed of two pieces sliding across one another, one having a graduated scale and the other a vernier. Also called vernier micrometer. [1875 80] * * * ▪ measurement instrument       instrument for making very accurate linear… …   Universalium

• vernier caliper — ver′nier cal iper n. mac wam a caliper formed of two pieces sliding across one another, one having a graduated scale and the other a vernier. Also called ver′nier microm eter • Etymology: 1875–80 …   From formal English to slang

• vernier caliper — noun Date: circa 1876 a measuring device that consists of a main scale with a fixed jaw and a sliding jaw with an attached vernier …   New Collegiate Dictionary