CALIBRATE
calibrate, graduate, fine-tune
(verb) make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; “calibrate an instrument”; “graduate a cylinder”
calibrate
(verb) measure the caliber of; “calibrate a gun”
calibrate
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
calibrate (third-person singular simple present calibrates, present participle calibrating, simple past and past participle calibrated)
To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.
To mark the scale of a measuring instrument.
To measure the caliber of a tube or gun.
Synonyms
• (check or adjust by comparison with a standard): tune
Anagrams
• bacterial
Source: Wiktionary
Cal"i*brate, v. i.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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