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cal⋅i⋅ber

  [kal-uh-ber]
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–noun
1. the diameter of something of circular section, esp. 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; var. of calibre < MF ≪ Ar qālib mold, last < Gk kālápous shoe last, equiv. to kāla- comb. form of kâlon wood + poús foot (see -pod )

Related forms:
cal⋅i⋅bered; especially British, cal⋅i⋅bred, adjective

Synonyms:
4. worth, distinction.
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cal·i·ber   (kāl'ə-bər)   
n.  

  1. Abbr. cal.

    1. The diameter of the inside of a round cylinder, such as a tube.

    2. 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. The diameter of a large projectile, such as an artillery shell, measured in millimeters or in inches.

  2. Degree of worth; quality: a school of high caliber; an executive of low caliber.


[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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Main Entry: cal·i·ber
Variant: or chiefly British cal·i·bre /'kal-&-b&r, Brit also k&-'lE-/
Function:noun
: the diameter of a round or cylindrical body; especially : the internal diameter of a hollow cylinder
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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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