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Originally Posted by OKIERX-7' date='Oct 6 2002, 09:40 PM
[quote name='7Sweety' date='Oct 6 2002, 10:43 PM'][quote name='vosko' date='Oct 6 2002, 08:40 PM'][quote name='P'cola FD' date='Oct 6 2002, 11:40 PM'][quote name='vosko' date='Oct 6 2002, 08:35 PM']for the record 7sweety has BIG GUNS!
Dr. Evil[/quote]
roger that. over and out[/quote]
It's CALIBER you too. Not Caliper. Get out of the garage[/quote]
ACTUALLY, its C-A-L-I-B-R-E.
I couldn't help it.[/quote]
No it's not
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cal·i·bre Pronunciation Key (kl-br)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of caliber.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Caliber \Cal"i*ber\, Calibre \Cal"ibre\, n. [F. calibre, perh. fr. L. qualibra of what pound, of what weight; hence, of what size, applied first to a ball or bullet; cf. also Ar. q[=a]lib model, mold. Cf. Calipers, Calivere.] 1. (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; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber.
The caliber of empty tubes. --Reid.
A battery composed of three guns of small caliber. --Prescott.
Note: The caliber of firearms is expressed in various ways. Cannon are often designated by the weight of a solid spherical shot that will fit the bore; as, a 12-pounder; pieces of ordnance that project shell or hollow shot are designated by the diameter of their bore; as, a 12 inch mortar or a 14 inch shell gun; small arms are designated by hundredths of an inch expressed decimally; as, a rifle of .44 inch caliber.
2. The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column.
3. Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind. --Burke.
Caliber compasses. See Calipers.
Caliber rule, a gunner's calipers, an instrument having two scales arranged to determine a ball's weight from its diameter, and conversely.
A ship's caliber, the weight of her armament.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
CALIBRE
n 1: a degree or grade of excellence or worth: "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" [syn: quality, caliber] 2: diameter of a tube or gun barrel [syn: bore, caliber]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
CALIBRE
calibre: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
Anyway i'm going to bed.
cal·i·bre Pronunciation Key (kl-br)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of caliber.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Caliber \Cal"i*ber\, Calibre \Cal"ibre\, n. [F. calibre, perh. fr. L. qualibra of what pound, of what weight; hence, of what size, applied first to a ball or bullet; cf. also Ar. q[=a]lib model, mold. Cf. Calipers, Calivere.] 1. (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; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber.
The caliber of empty tubes. --Reid.
A battery composed of three guns of small caliber. --Prescott.
Note: The caliber of firearms is expressed in various ways. Cannon are often designated by the weight of a solid spherical shot that will fit the bore; as, a 12-pounder; pieces of ordnance that project shell or hollow shot are designated by the diameter of their bore; as, a 12 inch mortar or a 14 inch shell gun; small arms are designated by hundredths of an inch expressed decimally; as, a rifle of .44 inch caliber.
2. The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column.
3. Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind. --Burke.
Caliber compasses. See Calipers.
Caliber rule, a gunner's calipers, an instrument having two scales arranged to determine a ball's weight from its diameter, and conversely.
A ship's caliber, the weight of her armament.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
CALIBRE
n 1: a degree or grade of excellence or worth: "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" [syn: quality, caliber] 2: diameter of a tube or gun barrel [syn: bore, caliber]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
CALIBRE
calibre: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
Anyway i'm going to bed.
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Originally Posted by 7Sweety' date='Oct 6 2002, 11:47 PM
[quote name='OKIERX-7' date='Oct 6 2002, 09:40 PM'][quote name='7Sweety' date='Oct 6 2002, 10:43 PM'][quote name='vosko' date='Oct 6 2002, 08:40 PM'][quote name='P'cola FD' date='Oct 6 2002, 11:40 PM'][quote name='vosko' date='Oct 6 2002, 08:35 PM']for the record 7sweety has BIG GUNS!
Dr. Evil[/quote]
roger that. over and out[/quote]
It's CALIBER you too. Not Caliper. Get out of the garage[/quote]
ACTUALLY, its C-A-L-I-B-R-E.
I couldn't help it.[/quote]
No it's not[/quote]
Ummm, YES IT IS.
