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CALIBER
quality, caliber, calibre
(noun) a degree or grade of excellence or worth; “the quality of students has risen”; “an executive of low caliber”
bore, gauge, caliber, calibre
(noun) diameter of a tube or gun barrel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
caliber (countable and uncountable, plural calibers)
(American spelling) Alternative form of calibre
Anagrams
• calibre
Source: Wiktionary
Cal"i*ber, Cal"ibre, n. Etym: [F. calibre, perh. fr. L. qualibra of what pound, of what weight; hence, of what size, applied first to a ball or bullet; cf. also Ar. qalib model, mold. Cf. Calipers, Calivere.]
1. (Gunnery)
Definition: The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber. The caliber of empty tubes. Reid. A battery composed of three guns of small caliber. Prescott.
Note: The caliber of firearms is expressed in various ways. Cannon are often designated by the weight of a solid spherical shot that will fit the bore; as, a 12-pounder; pieces of ordnance that project shell or hollow shot are designated by the diameter of their bore; as, a 12 inch mortar or a 14 inch shell gun; small arms are designated by hundredths of an inch expressed decimally; as, a rifle of .44 inch caliber.
2. The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column.
3. Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind. Burke. Caliber compasses. See Calipers.
– Caliber rule, a gunner's calipers, an instrument having two scales arranged to determine a ball's weight from its diameter, and conversely.
– A ship's caliber, the weight of her armament.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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