"Calibre" is a word in ENGLISH
Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind.
The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet
or column.
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.
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A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of …
Read the complete definitionA receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the …
Read the complete definitionalimángu n k. o. edible crab of tidal swamps, black on the back, but lighter on the inside and on …
Read the complete definitionamágus n k. o. shrub bearing juicy dark red berries, 1 cm. in diameter with a nauseous taste: Homonoia riparia.
Read the complete definitionangalaskálas n k. o. green crab with splotches of dirty yellow between, 2 1/23 in diameter, commonly found on wharves.
Read the complete definitionanunugbu (from sugbu) n k. o. brown edible fresh-water crab reaching 3 in diameter, usually used as bait in bantak …
Read the complete definitionThe diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope …
Read the complete definitionAppearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent …
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to the diameter of the cranium, from one parietal fossa to the other.
Read the complete definitionThe size of a hole; the interior diameter of a tube or gun barrel; the caliber.
Read the complete definitionThe fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It …
Read the complete definitionbukya n k. o. white, transparent jellyfish, round, growing to 9 in diameter, with tentacles that inflict a slight sting.
Read the complete definitionbulakty n k. o. scaly fish with a silvery body, 2 in diameter and 3 long, found in brackish waters …
Read the complete definitionbunáyon - Straight, upright, erect, right, not bent, not curved; of equal diameter throughout, not tapering; mild, gentle, soft, simple, …
Read the complete definitionbungáyon - Not tapering, of equal diameter throughout (of a tube, pipe, cigar, etc.). (cf. piyósan, payósan—tapering), (bunáyon id.).
Read the complete definitionbúruy n {1} k. o. purple jellyfish, hemispherical in shape, reach-ing 8 in diameter. {2} general name for jellyfish. bus …
Read the complete definitionAn instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of …
Read the complete definitionThat part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from …
Read the complete definitionOne of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable organism, generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter.
Read the complete definitionA pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a …
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