Thesaurus: calibrate
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.
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- v. i. 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.
- v. make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
- v. mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units
- v. measure the caliber of
- 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.
- To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also,more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of thevarious standards or graduated instruments.
- v:100 v. make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring v. mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units v. measure the caliber of