Hypertext Webster Gateway: "calibrate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Calibrate \Cal"i*brate\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
calibrate
v 1: make fine adjustments for optimal functioning "calibrate an
instrument" [syn: {graduate}, {fine-tune}]
2: 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"
3: measure the caliber of; as of a gun or mortar
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