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.38 calibre

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. .38 caliber, .38-caliber, .38 calibre, .38-calibreadjective

    of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter

    "a .38 caliber shell"

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  1. .38 calibre

    .38 caliber is a frequently used name for the caliber of firearms and firearm cartridges. The .38 is considered a large firearm cartridge; anything larger than .32 is considered a large caliber.: 42  Before 1990, the standard sidearms of police in the United States were revolvers that fired the .38 Special cartridge, seconded by revolvers firing the .357 Magnum, a lengthened version of the .38 Special.: 68 

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  1. .38 calibre

    .38 calibre generally refers to firearms (such as handguns or rifles) or ammunition with a diameter of approximately .38 inches. It's a popular caliber for both personal defense and law enforcement because it offers decent accuracy and power with manageable recoil. Despite the name, the actual bullet diameter for most .38 calibre guns is around .357 inches. The .38 refers to the approximate diameter of the loaded brass case.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of .38 calibre in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of .38 calibre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of .38 calibre in a Sentence

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    We are a niche, exclusive agency, not a mainstream, mass-market online dating service. We are not going to have thousands of members because there simply aren’t thousands of single, wealthy, high-calibre prospects out there, [Burki’s] remarks about us being a non-reputable and fraudulent company were deemed untrue and entirely without foundation.

  2. Raymond Zar:

    Class is inherited. Calibre is earned.

  3. Pat Egan:

    I think Bob Marley was the first really big international star to come to Ireland to play an outdoor show, nobody of that kind of calibre was fronting a whole revolution in music... he was more than a rock figure, he was fronting a cultural revolution.

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