Definitions for caliber
cal·iber

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. quality, caliber, calibre(noun)

   a degree or grade of excellence or worth

   "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"

2. bore, gauge, caliber, calibre(noun)

   diameter of a tube or gun barrel

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Caliber(noun)

   alt. of Calibre

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1. Caliber

   In guns, particularly firearms, caliber or calibre is the approximate internal diameter of the barrel, or the diameter of the projectile it fires. In a rifled barrel, the distance is measured between opposing lands or grooves; groove measurements are common in cartridge designations originating in the United States, while land measurements are more common elsewhere. Good performance requires that a bullet closely match the groove diameter of a barrel to ensure a good seal. When the barrel diameter is given in inches, the abbreviation "cal" is used in place of "inches." For example, a small bore rifle with a diameter of 0.22 inch is a .22 cal; however, the decimal point is generally dropped when spoken, making it "twenty-two caliber" or a "two-two caliber". Calibers of firearms can be referred to in millimeters, as in a "caliber of eighty-eight millimeters" or "a hundred and five-millimeter caliber gun". While modern cartridges and cartridge firearms are generally referred to by the cartridge name, they are still lumped together based on bore diameter. For example, a firearm might be described as a .30 caliber rifle, which could be any of a wide range of cartridges using a roughly .30 inch projectile; or a ".22 rimfire", referring to any rimfire cartridge using a .22 caliber projectile.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. caliber

   The diameter of the bore of a gun, cannon, shot, or bullet. A ship's caliber means the known weight her armament represents.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. caliber

   From the Latin qua librâ, “what pound,” applied first to the weight of a bullet, then to the diameter, which determined the diameter of the gun, now signifies the diameter of the bore of a cannon or any fire-arm, and is expressed in inches or fractional parts of an inch, as a 15-inch gun; a Springfield rifle, caliber .45. Cannon are sometimes also designated by the weight of metal which they throw, as a 24-pounder.

Anagrams for caliber »

1. calibre

How to pronounce caliber?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of caliber in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of caliber in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of caliber in a Sentence

1. Chuck Fleischmann:

   I remember hearing a different caliber of weapon being fired back.

2. Daniel Sheahan:

   They're the.50 - caliber rounds we found all over the place, all over the property.

3. Francois De La Rochefoucauld:

   Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everything which is beyond their range.

4. Adamo Macri:

   You can't measure dreams when you're a dreamer, because most often the caliber is unattainable.

5. Ian Millhiser:

   If you're a lawyer of the caliber that gets on the Supreme Court, you're probably very well off.

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