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1 calibro
m calibre, AE calibertechnology callipers* * *calibro s.m.1 ( diametro interno) calibre; caliber, bore, gauge: di grosso, medio, piccolo calibro, large, medium, small caliber; fucile di calibro dodici, twelve-bore gun; (mil.) grossi calibri, heavy guns3 (fig.) ( importanza) calibre; caliber; standing; importance, level: due atleti dello stesso calibro, two athletes of the same calibre // un grosso calibro, (fam.) a big shot: un grosso calibro della finanza, a big shot in the world of finance4 (inform.) gauge, gage.* * *['kalibro]sostantivo maschile1) (di arma da fuoco, pallottola) calibre BE, caliber AE, bore, gauge2) (di frutta, verdura, uova) size3) mecc. gauge, calliper BE, caliper AE4) fig. (di persona) calibre BE, caliber AEi grossi -i della finanza — the big shots o heavyweights in the business world
* * *calibro/'kalibro/sostantivo m.1 (di arma da fuoco, pallottola) calibre BE, caliber AE, bore, gauge; fucile calibro 12 12-bore rifle2 (di frutta, verdura, uova) size4 fig. (di persona) calibre BE, caliber AE; i grossi -i della finanza the big shots o heavyweights in the business world. -
2 levatura
levatura s.f. stature, calibre; (grado d'intelligenza) intellect, intelligence, mental calibre; (dignità morale) moral stature: un'opera di eccezionale levatura, a work of outstanding calibre; un'osservazione di poca levatura, a rather unintelligent remark; essere di scarsa levatura, to lack intellect (o intellectual stature).* * *[leva'tura]sostantivo femminile calibre BE, caliber AE, stature* * *levatura/leva'tura/sostantivo f.calibre BE, caliber AE, stature. -
3 calibratore
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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
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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
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