calibrate

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Move the window to display on the display monitor that you want to calibrate, then click on

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

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  • Move the window to display on the display monitor that you want to calibrate, then click on —  Pixel2Life.com: Latest 15 Tutorials
  • With witches around the world reporting record drops in breast temperatures, global climatologists are being forced to re-calibrate their predictions for global climate change. —  Latest Articles
  • I may be an idiot, but what am I looking for when I "calibrate" with this test pattern? —  Home Theater Forum
  • If you can't calibrate, use the Apple provided profile for your display! —  Discussions: Message List - root
  • "The hardest thing to calibrate is the serialized element-when you're getting too inside and too unwelcoming and when you're being too obvious and playing toward a new audience as opposed to honoring the people who have been watching," said Jeff Pinkner, executive producer of "Fringe."
 

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/ˈkælɪbreɪt/
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