calibrate Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
fine-tune; graduate.
- calibrate an instrument
- graduate a cylinder
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verb mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units
- he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale
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verb measure the caliber of
- calibrate a gun
WordNet
Cal"i*brate intransitive verb
Definitions
To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or graduated instruments.
