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