caliber

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  1. noun The diameter of the inside of a round cylinder, such as a tube.
  2. noun The diameter of the bore of a firearm, usually shown in hundredths or thousandths of an inch and expressed in writing or print in terms of a decimal fraction: .45 caliber.
  3. noun The diameter of a large projectile, such as an artillery shell, measured in millimeters or in inches.
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  • Further inspection indicated it was likely a .45-caliber, and it went through his mind that the slug packed a little over four hundred foot-pounds energy, according to ballistics tables. —  177 - The Angry Canary
  • These are reasons, I don't give a ***** what party you're in, I would still think a Democrat of her caliber was a fake piece of ***** who doesn't deserve a high level position in the White House. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • While parts of this team are playoff caliber, there are still enough question marks to keep me from going too far. —  Niners Nation
  • Zachary said it was a small-caliber gun but did not know what type or exactly what caliber, or how the child obtained the firearm.
  • White says a tribute to the Infantryman of this caliber is long overdue.
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mm ·  calibre ·  magnum ·  calibers ·  cartridge ·  rimfire ·  large-caliber ·  handgun ·  millimeter ·  shotgun ·  projectile ·  machine-gun
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  1. French calibre, from Italian calibro, from Arabic qālib, qālab, mold, shoe tree, from Greek kālapous, shoemaker's last : kālon, wood + pous, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from caliber, n.
 

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