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n.
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; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber.
v. i.
To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or graduated instruments.
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Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone.
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The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war.
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A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball.
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Smaller than the caliber of a firearm.
n.
An ancient form of ordnance, the caliber of which was about three inches.
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Caliber; importance.
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The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in any graduated instrument.
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The size of a hole; the interior diameter of a tube or gun barrel; the caliber.
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An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses.
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