Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To check, adjust, or determine by comparison with a standard (the graduations of a quantitative measuring instrument).
- transitive verb To make corrections in; adjust.
- transitive verb To adjust (a display setting) so that recorded images are accurately reproduced.
- transitive verb To determine the caliber of (a tube).
from The Century Dictionary.
- To determine the caliber of, as the interior of a thermometer-tube. See
calibration . - Hence To determine the relative value of, as different parts of an arbitrary scale.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb 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 Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
check oradjust bycomparison with astandard . - verb To
mark thescale of a measuringinstrument . - verb To
measure thecaliber of atube orgun .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
- verb measure the caliber of
- verb mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units
Etymologies
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Examples
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It takes less thsn a minute to calibrate, which is faster than scaling and aligning a scanned image.
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Is there a way to reliably and repeatedly "calibrate" and "zero" a chronograph?
Do Chronographs Lie? 2009
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It requires Novartis to clarify and systematize the criteria for evaluating employees, to train managers to evaluate employees fairly, and to "calibrate" evaluations to check that evaluators are applying performance criteria in a uniform manner -- in other words, making people accountable for implementing the changes.
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As he reflected on his initial comment, saying the police 'acted stupidly,' he had a realization of a better way to 'calibrate' his vocabulary, step up and create a teachable moment of mass media proportion ...
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You hold still and you then kind of calibrate how much do I need to move my arms so they don't fly into the other guy.
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We haven ` t felt it necessary to turn a lot of people into enemy combatants, as we have in this conflict, which is -- and I understand that after 9/11, there was a great desire to -- and I think right now, we should be -- kind of calibrate our responses because I think some of ...
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After Iraq indisputably began deploying chemical weapons against Iranian forces in 1983, the U.S. secretly provided Iraq with intelligence, including satellite images, to "calibrate" its chemical weapons attacks against Iranian forces.
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After Iraq indisputably began deploying chemical weapons against Iranian forces in 1983, the U.S. secretly provided Iraq with intelligence to "calibrate" its mustard gas attacks on Iranian troops, including satellite photos of Iranian targets.
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Examine and "calibrate" each pole and then use them to measure wind speeds.
Chapter 20 1984
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Prentice said Ottawa has to "calibrate" with Washington "otherwise we will have discordant energy and environment policies."
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