caliber vs temperament

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. 

temperament

noun
  • A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting. 

  • Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes. 

  • A tendency to become irritable or angry. 

  • The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key. 

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