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calibrate

verb

1 calibrate

Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring:
— Calibrate an instrument.

synonyms: fine-tune, graduate.

Roget 202: be broad etc. adj.; become broad, render broad etc. adj.; expand etc. 194; thicken, widen, calibrate.   

Dutch: adjusteren, ijken

2 calibrate

Mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units.

3 calibrate

Measure the caliber of.


Moby thesaurus: IQ, ability, adjust, agenda, amplitude, appraise, appreciate, apprehension, area, assay, assess, batting order, bigness, bill, bill of fare, blueprint, body, book, bore, breadth ... show more.

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