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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To check, adjust, or determine by comparison with a standard (the graduations of a quantitative measuring instrument): calibrate a thermometer.
  2. v. To determine the caliber of (a tube).
  3. v. To make corrections in; adjust: calibrated the polling procedures to ensure objectivity.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To determine the caliber of, as the interior of a thermometer-tube. See calibration.
  2. Hence To determine the relative value of, as different parts of an arbitrary scale.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.
  2. v. To mark the scale of a measuring instrument.
  3. v. To measure the caliber of a tube or gun.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. 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.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
  2. v. measure the caliber of
  3. v. mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units

Etymologies

  1. From caliber +‎ -ate. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “It takes less thsn a minute to calibrate, which is faster than scaling and aligning a scanned image.”

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  • “Is there a way to reliably and repeatedly "calibrate" and "zero" a chronograph?”

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  • “It requires Novartis to clarify and systematize the criteria for evaluating employees, to train managers to evaluate employees fairly, and to "calibrate" evaluations to check that evaluators are applying performance criteria in a uniform manner -- in other words, making people accountable for implementing the changes.”

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  • “As he reflected on his initial comment, saying the police 'acted stupidly,' he had a realization of a better way to 'calibrate' his vocabulary, step up and create a teachable moment of mass media proportion ...”

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  • “You hold still and you then kind of calibrate how much do I need to move my arms so they don't fly into the other guy.”

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  • “After Iraq indisputably began deploying chemical weapons against Iranian forces in 1983, the U.S. secretly provided Iraq with intelligence, including satellite images, to "calibrate" its chemical weapons attacks against Iranian forces.”

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  • “After Iraq indisputably began deploying chemical weapons against Iranian forces in 1983, the U.S. secretly provided Iraq with intelligence to "calibrate" its mustard gas attacks on Iranian troops, including satellite photos of Iranian targets.”

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  • “We haven ` t felt it necessary to turn a lot of people into enemy combatants, as we have in this conflict, which is -- and I understand that after 9/11, there was a great desire to -- and I think right now, we should be -- kind of calibrate our responses because I think some of ...”

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  • “Examine and "calibrate" each pole and then use them to measure wind speeds.”

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  • “Prentice said Ottawa has to "calibrate" with Washington "otherwise we will have discordant energy and environment policies.”

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synonyms (3)

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  1. measure
  1. graduate
  1. rectify

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  1. correct
  1. set
  1. adjust
  1. measure out
  1. measure
  1. mensurate
  1. tag
  1. label
  1. mark

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  2. 21-150
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  2. no
  3. circulant
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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. caliber
  1. triple point
  1. calibrate
  1. recalibrate

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