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Caliber Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Caliber?
[n] a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"
[n] diameter of a tube or gun barrel Synonyms | Synonyms for Caliber: bore | calibre | quality Related Terms | Find terms related to Caliber: ability | ableness | adequacy | amount | amplitude | apprehension | area | bigness | body | bore | breadth | bulk | bump | capability | capableness | capacity | class | compass | competence | comprehension | conception | coverage | cut | deductive power | degree | depth | diameter | dimension | dimensions | dower | dowry | efficacy | efficiency | endowment | equipment | esemplastic power | expanse | expansion | extension | extent | facility | faculty | fitness | flair | force | forte | gauge | genius | gift | girth | grade | greatness | height | ideation | instinct | integrative power | intellect | intellectual grasp | intellectual power | intellectualism | intellectuality | intelligence | intelligence quotient | interval | IQ | knowledge | largeness | leap | length | level | long suit | magnitude | makings | mark | mass | measure | measurement | mental age | mental capacity | mental grasp | mental ratio | mentality | merit | metier | mother wit | native wit | natural endowment | natural gift | notch | nuance | parts | pas | peg | period | pitch | plane | plateau | point | potential | power | power of mind | powers | proficiency | proportion | proportions | qualification | radius | range | ratio | rationality | reach | reasoning power | remove | round | rung | sanity | scale | scope | scope of mind | semidiameter | sense | shade | shadow | size | space | speciality | spread | stair | standard | stature | step | stint | strong flair | strong point | sufficiency | susceptibility | talent | talents | the goods | the stuff | thinking power | tread | understanding | value | virtue | volume | what it takes | width | wit | worth See Also | degree | diam | diameter | grade | high quality | inferiority | level | low quality | superiority Caliber In Webster's Dictionary \Cal"i*ber\, Calibre \Cal"ibre\, n. [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.
q[=a]lib model, mold. Cf. {Calipers}, {Calivere}.]
1. (Gunnery) 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.
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