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2. Calipers - Wikipedia

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   Using the vernier caliper A biologist uses calipers to measure the length of a bird's leg. A caliper must be properly applied against the part in order to take the desired measurement. For example, when measuring the thickness of a plate, a vernier caliper must be held at right angles to the piece.

3. Vernier scale - Wikipedia

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   The standard for a caliper is usually a constant of 0.02 Vernier caliper scale with the normal 0.02 vernier constant, showing measurement of object at 19.44 mm to two decimal places. The use of the vernier scale is shown on a vernier caliper which measures the internal and the external diameters of an object.

4. Tree caliper - Wikipedia

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   A tree caliper is a tool to measure the diameter of a tree. When used in forestry, the tree caliper tool measures the DBH or "diameter at breast height" of a tree that is growing in a landscape of any kind. The measurement is generally made at 4.5' or 1.4m above the soil.

5. Gauge (instrument) - Wikipedia

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   a device used to measure the strain of an object. Thread pitch gauge, also called a threading gauge, pitch gauge, or screw gauge a device used to measure the pitch or lead of screw threads. Vernier height gauge: a measuring device used either for determining the height of something, or for repetitious marking of items to be worked on.

6. Forest inventory - Wikipedia

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   Tree caliper – two prongs connected to a measuring tape or stick are placed around the most average part of the bole to determine diameter; Relascope – multiple-use tool that is able to find tree height, basal area, and tree diameter anywhere along the bole; Clinometer – common tool used to measure changes in elevation and tree height

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   The body fat percentage is a measure of fitness level, since it is the only body measurement which directly calculates a person's relative body composition without regard to height or weight. The widely used body mass index (BMI) provides a measure that allows the comparison of the adiposity of individuals of different heights and weights ...

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9. Bird measurement - Wikipedia

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   Measuring the culmen. The upper margin of the beak or bill is referred to as the culmen.The measurement is taken using calipers with one jaw at the tip of the upper mandible and the other at the base of the bill (at the junction with the skull, a measurement called "total culmen") or where the feathers begin (a measurement called "exposed culmen").