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caliper

device used to measure the distance between two opposite sides of an object
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Summary

caliper ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,805 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Creator: The L. S. Starrett Company[2]
  • Subclass of: physical tool[3], measuring instrument[4]
  • Commons category: Calipers[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Calipers[6]
  • Commons gallery: Calipers[7]
  • Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0000544[8]
  • Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/04238763-n[9]

Why It Matters

caliper has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] caliper is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Q141572184. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', '
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0000544
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0000544"
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