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Re:Polio Is on the Brink of Eradication by Modified3019 on Thursday November 23, 2023 @05:14PM (#38398194)
I wasn’t familiar with the term calipers outside of the measuring tool. For anyone else wondering, it refers to the leg braces used by those who have polio induced nerve damage and subsequent muscle weakness (poliomyelitis).
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Re:Polio Is on the Brink of Eradication by shiroiuma on Friday November 24, 2023 @05:37AM (#38402497)
>I wasn’t familiar with the term calipers outside of the measuring tool.

It also refers to the part in disc brakes which holds the brake pads and squeezes them together onto the rotor.

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