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Definition of calibers in English English dictionary
- plural of caliber
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- {n} the bore of fire arms, diameter
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- The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column
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- a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"
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- The nominal diameter of a projectile of a rifled firearm or the diameter between lands in a rifled barrel In this country, usually expressed in hundreds of an inch; in Great Britain in thousandths; in Europe and elsewhere in millimeters
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- alternative spelling of calibre
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- Capacity or compass of mind
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- The diameter of the bore of a gun Expressed both in inches (7 inch), or weight of its shot (42 pounder) A rifled gun's caliber is the diameter of a cylinder that would touch all lands
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- (FIREARM)
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- The diameter of a projectile or the diameter of the bore of a gun or launching tube Caliber is usually expressed in millimeters or inches In some instances (primarily with naval ordnance), caliber is also used as a measure of the length of a weapon's barrel
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- 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
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- The diameter of a projectile or the bore of a firearm; expressed in hundreths of an inch (example 30 cal ) in the United States and in metric millimeters (example 5 56mm) in Europe, Asia, etc In full metric usage (example 7 62 x 39mm) the first number (7 62mm) is the diameter of the bore and the second number (39mm) is the length of the cartridge case
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- - refers to the inside diameter of a mortar or the size of a shell
- caliber
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
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- the minimum diameter of the bore of a firearm, and therefore the diameter of the projectile it fires; also used to describe the length of a cannon, expressed as a multiple of its diameter
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- Fig
- caliber
- the diameter of the bore of a gun Also the diameter of a projectile for a gun
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- {i} diameter (of a gun barrel, artery, etc.); quality; importance
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- A watch movement
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- The approximate diameter of a bullet or gun bore
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- see calibre. the American spelling of calibre (calibre, from calibro, from qalib )
- caliber
- The diameter of a projectile intended to be expelled from a firearm or the dimension of the bore of a given firearm
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- The dimensions of the watch Caliber describes the size and configuration of the movement and can now indicate the shape, origin and constructor as well
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