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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. 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.