Calibrate

['kælɪbreɪt] or ['kælɪbret]

Definition

(verb.) make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; 'calibrate an instrument'; 'graduate a cylinder'.

(verb.) measure the caliber of; 'calibrate a gun'.

(verb.) 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'.

Inputed by Betty--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Editor: Solomon