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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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  1. 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.
  2. v. make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
  3. v. mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units
  4. v. measure the caliber of
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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