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Definitions of caliber in various dictionaries:
noun - a degree or grade of excellence or worth
noun - diameter of a tube or gun barrel
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Around 1550 the British called the Spanish arquebuses "calivers", a corruption of this word |
For a .44 magnum firearm, it's what the .44 is |
Gauges measure shotgun bore diameters in mms; these measure gun bore diameters in hundredths of inches, like the .22 |
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The diameter of a large projectile, such as an artillery shell, measured in millimeters or in inches. |
Degree of worth quality: a school of high caliber an executive of low caliber. |
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In guns, particularly firearms, caliber or calibre is the approximate internal diameter of the gun barrel, or the diameter of the projectile it shoots. It is measured in hundredths or thousandths of an inch or in millimetres. For example, a ".45 caliber" firearm has a barrel diameter of roughly 0.45 inches (11 mm). Barrel diameters can also be expressed using metric dimensions. For example, a "9mm pistol" has a barrel diameter of about 9 millimetres (it is rare for the actual barrel diameter to precisely match the designation however, and the bullet itself is yet another dimension). When the barrel diameter is given in inches, the abbreviation "cal" (for "caliber") can be used. For example, a small-bore rifle with a diameter of 0.22 inches (5.6 mm) can be referred to as a ".22" or ".22 cal"; however, the decimal point is generally dropped when spoken, making it a "twenty-two" or a "two-two caliber". A ".45 caliber" would be a "forty-five", or "four-five caliber", etc. * In a rifled b |