calibrate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From caliber or calibre + -ate.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæl.ɪ.bɹeɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæl.ə.bɹeɪt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkæl.ə.bɹæɪt/
- Rhymes: -eɪt
Verb[edit]
calibrate (third-person singular simple present calibrates, present participle calibrating, simple past and past participle calibrated)
- To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.
- To mark the scale of a measuring instrument.
- To measure the caliber of a tube or gun.
Synonyms[edit]
- (check or adjust by comparison with a standard): tune
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to check or adjust by comparison with a standard
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To mark the scale of a measuring instrument
Further reading[edit]
- “calibrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “calibrate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
calibrate
- inflection of calibrare:
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
calibrate f pl
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
calibrate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of calibrar combined with te
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