noun. undefined

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

noun. 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.

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

noun. Degree of worth; quality.

noun. The diameter of a body, especially of the hollow inside of a cylinder: as, the caliber of a piece of ordnance or other firearm.

noun. Figuratively, compass or capacity of mind; the extent of one's intellectual endowments.

noun. In horology: The distance between the two plates of a watch which determines the flatness of the movement.

noun. The plate upon which is traced the arrangement of the pieces of a clock; the pattern-plate.

In gunnery, to ascertain the caliber of; calibrate. See caliper.

noun. The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry.

noun. The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column.

noun. Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind.

noun. See Calipers.

noun. a gunner's calipers, an instrument having two scales arranged to determine a ball's weight from its diameter, and conversely.

noun. the weight of her armament.

noun. US spelling of calibre.

noun. a degree or grade of excellence or worth

noun. diameter of a tube or gun barrel

"The word caliber is not used when giving the metric measurement."

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