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  • verb Present participle of calibrate.

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Examples

  • The only question that I have is how will AMS be returned to earth after three years (to aid in calibrating data obtained during its use on ISS) with the shuttle retired.

    David Leckrone's Premature Judgement of ISS - NASA Watch 2009

  • You can begin calibrating your self-worth by their opinions in three, two ...

    Release Day Cont'd karenhealey 2010

  • Or, you could just put in place a strong regulatory regime and not try to calibrate it to current conditions (calibrating is just an invitation to meddling based on wishful thinking, as in “oh, because of ****** we are in a new paradigm and so we don’t need to regulate as much”). bdbd Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » The Sources of Regulatory Failure 2009

  • Other frequency combs with finer spacing are highly useful tools, but the new comb with more visibly separated teeth will be more effective in many applications such as calibrating astronomical instruments.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2009

  • WASHINGTON - Many of the hundreds of workers at the Shearon Harris nuclear plant in New Hill, N.C., are busy with high-tech tasks such as calibrating equipment, monitoring radiation fields or controlling the reactor.

    STLtoday.com Top News Headlines 2009

  • What we ended up doing was "calibrating" our compass with the gun over the front (turret facing forward) with all electrical systems operational - Thermal unit on, turret power on, gunner's primary sight on.

    Kit Up 2009

  • NASA has a extensive data base for "calibrating" work effort versus the technology.

    Herding Cats 2009

  • Other frequency combs with finer spacing are highly useful tools, but the new comb with more visibly separated teeth will be more effective in many applications such as calibrating astronomical instruments.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • NASA has a extensive data base for "calibrating" work effort versus the technology.

    Herding Cats 2009

  • Other frequency combs with finer spacing are highly useful tools, but the new comb with more visibly separated teeth will be more effective in many applications such as calibrating astronomical instruments.

    unknown title 2009

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