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caliber

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Main Entry:
cal·i·ber 
          Listen to the pronunciation of caliber
Variant(s):
or cal·i·bre 
          Listen to the pronunciation of calibre \ˈka-lə-bər, British also kə-ˈlē-\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle French calibre, from Old Italian calibro, from Arabic qālib shoemaker's last
Date:
1567
1 a: degree of mental capacity or moral quality b: degree of excellence or importance2 a: the diameter of a bullet or other projectile b: the diameter of a bore of a gun usually expressed in hundredths or thousandths of an inch and typically written as a decimal fraction <.32 caliber>3: the diameter of a round or cylindrical body ; especially : the internal diameter of a hollow cylinder


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