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Meanings of caliber in English

Russian
калибр
Portuguese
qualidade
Spanish
medida estándar
Catalan
calibre
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Diameter of a tube or gun barrel.

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        Usage of caliber in English
        1
        But the long-term caliber of the MPL arm remains an open question.
        Wired
        2
        The caliber was, however, related to whether the shooting would be fatal.
        Reuters
        3
        A .22-caliber semi-automatic long rifle was found at the scene, he said.
        Reuters
        4
        Quite clearly, the .22-caliber shootings were all done by the same individual.
        Mindhunter
        5
        The Yankees immediately were caught with a shortage of major league-caliber replacements.
        The Yankee Years
        6
        It hasn't been easy to get people of the caliber we'll need.
        The accident man
        7
        Severance used the same .22 caliber revolver in each shooting, prosecutors said.
        Reuters
        8
        Walker then fired at Harvey with a Glock .45-caliber handgun, police said.
        Reuters
        9
        The ammunition used, a .308-caliber round, is commonly used in high-powered rifles.
        Eye of vengeance
        10
        Either a bomb exploding or a large-caliber cannon going off, Michael thought.
        The Wolf’s Hour
        11
        This attempt to burglarize the house betrayed the caliber of the enemy.
        Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on...
        12
        I asked what percentage lacked the intellectual caliber to do their job.
        NY Magazine
        13
        He wore a sidearm and carried a Remington Model Six, .308 caliber.
        The devil's touch
        14
        The largest caliber gun on record is the Great Mortar of Moscow.
        Artillery Through the Ages / A Short Illustrated History of Cann...
        15
        It was, according to the tag, a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson special.
        Time After Time
        16
        A small-caliber shell, Wilde said, probably a pistol, fired at close range.
        The forever war
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        United States of America
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