calibrate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: calibrate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for calibrate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calibrate v make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder" Synonym(s): calibrate, graduate, fine-tune 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" measure the caliber of; "calibrate a gun"
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.