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noun
1.
the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
2.
Ordnance. the diameter of the bore of a gun taken as a unit of measurement.
3.
degree of capacity or competence; ability: a mathematician of high caliber.
4.
degree of merit or excellence; quality: the high moral caliber of the era.
Also, especially British, cal·i·bre.
Origin:
1560–70; variant of calibre < Middle French ≪ Arabic qālib mold, last < Greek kālápous shoe last, equivalent to kāla- combining form of kâlon wood + poús foot (see -pod)
1560–70; variant of calibre < Middle French ≪ Arabic qālib mold, last < Greek kālápous shoe last, equivalent to kāla- combining form of kâlon wood + poús foot (see -pod)
Related forms
cal·i·bered; especially British, cal·i·bred, adjective
Synonyms
4. worth, distinction.
4. worth, distinction.
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Caliber
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Example Sentences
- Unfortunately, the caliber of the essays varies widely.
- But we have a wealth of literary artists too, especially poets of high caliber.
- The plexuses are often in two layers: a superficial and a deep, the superficial being of smaller caliber than the deep.
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Word Origin & History
caliber
1560s, "degree of merit or importance," from M.Fr. calibre (14c.), perhaps ultimately from Arabic qalib "a mold, last," perhaps from Gk. kalopodion "a shoemaker's last," lit. "little wooden foot," from kalon "wood" + podos gen. of pous "foot" (see foot). Arabic also used the
EXPANDword in the sense "mold for casting bullets," which is the original literal meaning in English, though the earliest cited sense is a figurative one. Meaning "inside diameter of a gun barrel" is attested from 1580s.
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Medical Dictionary
caliber cal·i·ber (kāl'ə-bər)
n.
The diameter of the inside of a round cylinder, such as a tube.
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caliber
in firearms, unit of measure indicating the interior, or bore, diameter of a gun barrel and the diameter of the gun's ammunition; or the length of a gun expressed in relation to its interior diameter (now used only of naval and coastal defense guns). See bore
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