Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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 .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gunnery) 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US spelling of
calibre .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a degree or grade of excellence or worth
- noun diameter of a tube or gun barrel
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The word caliber is not used when giving the metric measurement.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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The word caliber is not used when giving the metric measurement.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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In my opinion the caliber is at its best when shots present themselves at 100 yards or more, although I have killed several dear at less than 50 with it.
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I have no problem with someone using a military style rifle to hunt with provided the caliber is adequate for the job at hand.
does anyone else think military looking rifles shouldnt be used for hunting? 2009
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I have no problem with someone using a military style rifle to hunt with provided the caliber is adequate for the job at hand.
does anyone else think military looking rifles shouldnt be used for hunting? 2009
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In my opinion the caliber is at its best when shots present themselves at 100 yards or more, although I have killed several dear at less than 50 with it.
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I agree with you Chad on the 6. 5x55; (love my CZ 550) but the other caliber is the 9. 3x74.
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Our goal when developing loading data for this caliber is achievement of maximum accuracy and down-range energy consistent with safe velocity and pressure constraints.
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If you could access data reporting the total sale of ammunition by caliber from the three largest manufacturering companies, then extract the data for the most recognized calibers used for whitetail deer and compare the percentages of sales for each caliber to your list of percentages of calibers of B&C entrants, that may be a valid comparison.
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Trying to predict what weapon or caliber is being used around the country on a variety of species based on what goes on in your part of the world is about like assuming the weather in your backyard is representative of the whole country.
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