steel tape
Flexible measuring strip
A steel tape is a flexible measuring tape made of thin steel ribbon, typically housed in a compact case that allows it to retract.
Used in construction, surveying, and carpentry where accuracy matters more than with cloth tapes: He pulled out the steel tape to measure the room.
The steel resists stretching, making measurements more reliable over longer distances.
- measuringDetermining size or amount
- retractableAble to draw inward
- spring loadedPowered by compressed coil
- metalHard conductive solid
- flexibleAble to bend freely
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