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Noun
/ˈkaləbər/,
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calibres, plural; calibers, plural;
  1. The quality of someone's character or the level of someone's ability
    • - they could ill afford to lose a man of his caliber
  2. The standard reached by something
    • - educational facilities of a very high caliber
  3. The internal diameter or bore of a gun barrel
    • - a .22 caliber repeater rifle
  4. The diameter of a bullet, shell, or rocket

  5. The diameter of a body of circular section, such as a tube, blood vessel, or fiber

  1. quality: a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"
  2. bore: diameter of a tube or gun barrel
  3. In guns including firearms, caliber or calibre is the approximate diameter of the barrel and by extension the projectile used in it, measured in inches or millimetres.
  4. In artillery, caliber is the diameter of a barrel, or by extension a relative measure of the length.
  5. Caliber, in comics, may refer to: * Caliber Comics, an American comic book publisher * Caliber (Radical Comics), a comic book limited series from Radical Comics * Caliber (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain and enemy of Alpha Flight
  6. Caliber: at the beginning the denomination indicated only the size of a watch movement.
  7. US spelling of calibre
  8. In rocketry, the diameter of the main body tube. Usually used when refering to some function of length, e.g. "The CP should be behind the CG by at least one caliber." The term is borrowed from the small arms industry where it refers to the bore of a rifle or pistol barrel, e.g. a . ...
  9. 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.
  10. Refers to the size, style, or shape of a watch movement.
  11. The approximate diameter of a handgun or rifle bore measured from groove to groove. Small caliber is less than or equal to 8mm or .32 inch; medium caliber is greater than 8mm or .32 inch to less than 10 mm or .40 inch; large caliber is equal to or greater than 10 mm or .40 inch. ...
  12. A numerical name usually combined with a word name that describes the cartridge/bullet size a rifle is made to shoot. There are many calibers available for our centerfire rifles and rimfire rifles. They are NOT interchangeable. ...
  13. Used to identify appropriate ammunition for a firearm
  14. In earlier days, the term caliber was used to refer to a mechanical clock movement, today it refers to all types of watch movements. The unitary measure used for the size of a caliber is the line (or ligne). The Paris line is an old linear measure used in the 17th and 18th century Europe-wide. ...
  15. Quality, station or ability of a person.
  16. Measurement of the bore or bullet for rifles and handguns; measurement usually in hundreths or thousandths of an inch; sometimes metric system is used.
  17. The length of a gun divided by the diameter.
  18. Used in reference to describe the type/model of movement being used in a watch
  19. Denotes the design of a movement, both quartz and mechanical.
  20. Grade or worth, so high caliber would be equivalent to high worth.
  21. (n.) This is a term with several related meanings which can cause some confusion. 1. The internal diameter of a gun's barrel. This can be measured either in English units or in metric. The measurement can be taken in a rifled arm either land to land or groove to groove. E.g., in most . ...
  22. Approximate bore or grove diameter expressed (in English) in decimals of an inch, otherwise in the metric system.  Frequently compounded to indicate powder charge; to show date of adoption; to show case length; or to show proprietor or designer. e.g. .30-40 Krag,  .30-06,  8x57mm,  . ...
  23. Refers to movement type, eg automotive or quartz.
  24. The numerical value of an approximation of the bullet diameter in inches or millimeters.
  25. Technical term denoting the type and dimensions of a movement. It is expressed as a number or in millimeters or lines, the old unit of measurement equivalent to 2.256mm.