caliber
IPA: kˈæɫʌbɝ
noun
- Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.
- The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet, a projectile, or a column.
- A nominal name for a cartridge type, which may not exactly indicate its true size and may include other measurements such as cartridge length or black powder capacity. Eg 7.62×39 or 38.40.
- Unit of measure used to express the length of the bore of a weapon. The number of calibres is determined by dividing the length of the bore of the weapon, from the breech face of the tube to the muzzle, by the diameter of its bore. A gun tube the bore of which is 40 feet (480 inches) long and 12 inches in diameter is said to be 40 calibers long.
- (figuratively) Relative size, importance, magnitude.
- (figuratively) Capacity or compass of mind.
- (dated) Degree of importance or station in society.
- (horology) Movement of a timepiece.
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Examples of "caliber" in Sentences
- That was about the caliber of it.
- The site can vary according to the caliber.
- He didn't have enough caliber for that job.
- The caliber is the size of the actual bullet.
- That was the caliber of the kind of statement.
- A very skillful player of the highest caliber.
- The autocannon version differed only in the caliber.
- It is not the caliber of the LA Times but seems decent.
- I always assumed that the epithet referred to the caliber.
- In firearms, the caliber is the approximate diameter of bullet used.