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What Does Calibre Mean?

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The word caliber refers to the competence of a person. It derives its meaning from the ability of a person to do things that an otherwise normal human being will find it difficult or tough to accomplish. Thus, by ordinary usage of words, caliber is associated with people delivering high performance levels.

A person of high caliber generally is more intelligent, has high energy levels and has the willingness to perform and achieve. The effects of a high caliber person being present in any team are evident from the results that the team delivers. A high caliber person is keen on taking challenges that provide ample opportunities for exercising one's skill and abilities. He strides into an arduous task beaming with self confidence. On the contrary, caliber is seldom used in conjunction with people delivering low performances, even though the usage can be apt at many instances.
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The term caliber or calibre assigns the interior diameter of a tube or it can also be referred as the exterior diameter of a wire or rod. It comes from the Italian word 'calibro', which itself is again derived from the Arabic quâlib meaning mold.

In rifle, the caliber is the diameter of the inside ring of the barrel. In a rifled barrel the space is measured between the lands.

The term materialize with respect to firearms and is the measurement of the inside diameter of the barrel.

Small arms vary in bore size from just about .17 cal. up to .50 cal. Arms used to hunt big, can be as large as .80 caliber. The muskets and muzzle-loading rifles in the 19th century were .58 calibers. (4.5mm)or .177 calibre is the smallest size of pellets extensively used in air guns, and is the only caliber usually accepted for formal target contest.

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