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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | Swedish term or phrase: krumcirkel | According to SAOB, similar to German krumm zirkel...
KRUM-CIRKEL.
[jfr t. krumm zirkel (i fackspr.) == -PASSARE. BoupptSthm 1682, s. 253 a, Bil. HantvB I. 2: 124 1934.
Some sort of lobster-like old-school measuring device. Calipers with a specific curve to them...
Photos at...
http://images.google.se/images?gbv=2&hl=sv&q=krumcirkel&btnG...
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| | English translation:outside caliper | Explanation:
like for measuring the outside diameter of objects (e.g. pipes). Do an image search for "outside caliper."
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-12-30 21:04:03 GMT)
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Clausens Tekniske Ordbøger, Dansk-Engelsk translates "krumpasser" as "outside cal[l]ipers"
Dr.-Ing. Richard Ernst's Deutsch-English Wörterbuch der industriellen Technik translates "Greifzirkel/Außentaster" as "external callipers, outside callipers"
http://www.brighthub.com/engineering/mechanical/articles/159... |
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Tara Chace
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Local time: 13:26
| Grading comment Thank you, Tara. That's what I was looking for... Thanks also, to Sven for the additional distinction/ clarification.
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