How to Use caliper in a Sentence

caliper

noun

• Use the flashlight to inspect the inside of the caliper.
  — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 3 June 2020
• Clean the area on the piston and caliper where the pad backing plate touches.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 2 Oct. 2017
• Clean the area on the piston and caliper where the brake pad backing plate touches.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2020
• Any out-of-sequence moves can suck air into the caliper.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2017
• Friction between the caliper and disc make brakes very hot.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2018
• Any out-of-sequence moves here can suck air into the caliper.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 8 Oct. 2020
• These fit between the pad and the brake caliper's hydraulic piston.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2020
• The caliper bolts are labeled number 4, the caliper is number 5.
  — Jeff Dengate, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
• If the caliper mounting-hole threads are damaged, the caliper will be replaced.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
• The rear is a single 240mm disc with a single piston caliper.
  — Joe Michaud, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2019
• Chrome inserts give the grille more flair, and orange brake calipers pop behind the dark wheels.
  — Tony Markovich, Car and Driver, 26 Oct. 2017
• His goal is to get the plants from a whip to a 10- to 12-footer with a two-inch trunk caliper in two growing seasons.
  — Adrian Higgins, idahostatesman, 20 Dec. 2017
• To really bring home the whole red theme, the brake calipers are painted in a crimson hue.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 26 Feb. 2020
• Spotting a hybrid Panamera is very easy—just look for the acid green highlights on the badges or the brake calipers.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 May 2018
• Dealers will flush the brake fluid and replace the front brake calipers and brake lines at no cost to customers.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2019
• Honda gave the bike an old-school drum rear brake and a single front disc with a twin-piston caliper.
  — Joe Michaud, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• Four-piston Brembo brake calipers peek through 20-inch front and rear wheels.
  — Josh Jacquot, Car and Driver, 19 July 2017
• The brake booster, the master cylinder, the calipers, and the rotors were all upgraded for '98.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 1 Aug. 2023
• The car also features improved brake discs, pads and calipers.
  — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• For instance, Porsche wants lime green calipers for its hybrids.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2018
• Carefully press each pad back into the caliper body to re-seat the pistons.
  — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 3 June 2020
• Chrome trim, a black soft top and gloss black 21-inch wheels with matching calipers were chosen to highlight the richness of the hue.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2023
• The clamping forces will be provided by a six-piston caliper in the front and a four-piston out back.
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 5 May 2021
• The Cayenne E-Hybrid’s brake calipers are painted acid green like the 918 hypercar’s.
  — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2019
• The Brembo calipers and ceramic brakes slowed and stopped the GT with precision.
  — Charles Fleming, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Dealers will inspect the length of the front brake caliper bolts and replace them, if necessary.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
• Smith says his team soon found that using a hand caliper to measure the seam height of soft cotton wasn’t precise enough.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 12 Apr. 2022
• If your brake calipers stick, do a core exchange at a local auto parts store for a rebuilt set.
  — Matt Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2018
• Plus, there’s no perceptible handover between regeneration to the motors and the bite of the calipers.
  — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2023
• To gather thousands of data points on leg length, head size and overall survival, Stroud had to capture each lizard using a tiny lasso and then set to work with calipers before injecting a tiny microchip under its skin.
  — Quanta Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024