Caliber
The word caliber (American English) or calibre (British English) designates the interior diameter of a tube or the exterior diameter of a wire or rod. It comes from the Italian calibro, itself from the Arabic quâlib, meaning mould.
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American English - British English - Italian - Arabic
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The term most often appears with respect to firearms, as a measure of the size of the barrel; however, it also has use in other fields.
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Firearm - Barrel - Other fields
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