Usually means: Smaller diameter projectile in barrel.
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  1. subcaliber: Merriam-Webster
  2. subcaliber: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. subcaliber: Collins English Dictionary
  4. subcaliber: Wordnik
  5. subcaliber: Wiktionary
  6. subcaliber: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. subcaliber: Dictionary.com
  8. Subcaliber: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. subcaliber: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Subcaliber: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. subcaliber: FreeDictionary.org
  12. subcaliber: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. subcaliber: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (subcaliber)

▸ adjective:  Smaller than the caliber of a firearm.

Similar:
small-bore, subcompact, miniature, subminiature, subcentimetric, subcentimeter, submicroscopical, submeter, submacroscale, small-scale, more...

Opposite:
supercaliber, overcaliber, macrocaliber

Phrases:
subcaliber projectile, more...

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Similar:
small-bore, subcompact, miniature, subminiature, subcentimetric, subcentimeter, submicroscopical, submeter, submacroscale, small-scale, more...

Opposite:
supercaliber, overcaliber, macrocaliber

Phrases:
subcaliber projectile, more...



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