calibrate

Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

graduate tune fine-tune aline dial set size change measure scale improve correct balance survey grade
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Antonyms

allow damage break destroy permit harm
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Hypernyms

mark set measure correct label adjust

Related terms

calibre calibration caliber

Phrases with the word

calibrate a thermometer

Anagrams

bacterial

Examples

calibrate an instrument Source: Internet

graduate a cylinder Source: Internet

calibrate a gun Source: Internet

he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale Source: Internet

Because of this, astronomers used several Cepheid variables in NGC 4639 to calibrate type 1a supernovae as standard candles for more distant galaxies. Source: Internet

Dating of lava and volcanic ash layers found within a stratigraphic sequence can provide absolute age data for sedimentary rock units which do not contain radioactive isotopes and calibrate relative dating techniques. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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