caliber vs class

caliber

noun
  • Capacity or compass of mind. 

  • A nominal name for a cartridge type, which may not exactly indicate its true size and may include other measurements such as cartridge length or black powder capacity. Eg 7.62×39 or 38.40. 

  • The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet, a projectile, or a column. 

  • Relative size, importance, magnitude. 

  • Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands. 

  • Unit of measure used to express the length of the bore of a weapon. The number of calibres is determined by dividing the length of the bore of the weapon, from the breech face of the tube to the muzzle, by the diameter of its bore. A gun tube the bore of which is 40 feet (480 inches) long and 12 inches in diameter is said to be 40 calibers long. 

  • Movement of a timepiece. 

class

noun
  • Admirable behavior; elegance. 

  • One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader. 

  • A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher. 

  • A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank. 

  • A grouping of data values in an interval, often used for computation of a frequency distribution. 

  • A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class. 

  • A collection of sets definable by a shared property. 

  • A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes. 

  • Best of its kind. 

  • A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set in terms of its common properties, functions, etc. 

  • The division of society into classes. 

  • A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation. 

  • A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those persons actually conscripted in a particular draft. 

  • A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes: upper class, middle class and working class. 

  • A series of lessons covering a single subject. 

adj
  • great; fabulous 

verb
  • To assign to a class; to classify. 

  • To be grouped or classed. 

  • To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes. 

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