- Caliber ; calibre
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English-Arabic economic glossary.
Caliber ; calibre
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Calibre — 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}.] [1913 Webster] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Gunnery)… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Caliber compasses — 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}.] [1913 Webster] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Caliber rule — 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}.] [1913 Webster] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Calibre (disambiguation) — Calibre may refer to: * Calibre (artist) a drum and bass producer * EU CALIBRE Project (Co ordination Action for Libre Software Engineering) * Calibre (fashion house) * Caliber the diameter size of a tube, rod, wire, etc. * CaliberRM an… … Wikipedia
caliber — 1560s, degree of merit or importance, from M.Fr. calibre (late 15c.), apparently ultimately from Arabic qalib a mold for casting. Arabic also used the word in the sense mold for casting bullets, which is the original literal meaning in English,… … Etymology dictionary
calibre — British English spelling of CALIBER (Cf. caliber) (q.v.); for spelling, see RE (Cf. re) … Etymology dictionary
caliber — [kal′ə bər] n. [Fr & Sp, ult. < Ar qālib, a mold, last, < Aram < Gr kalopodion, shoemaker s last, lit., little wooden foot < kalon, wood + pous (gen. podos), FOOT] 1. the size of a bullet or shell as measured by its diameter 2. the… … English World dictionary
calibre — is pronounced kal i bǝ. The American spelling is caliber … Modern English usage
calibre — (US caliber) ► NOUN 1) quality of character or level of ability. 2) the internal diameter of a gun barrel, or the diameter of a bullet or shell. ORIGIN originally in the sense «social standing»: from French, perhaps from an Arabic word meaning… … English terms dictionary
caliber — calibre … Anagrams dictionary
