'Calibrate' definitions:
Definition of 'calibrate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder" [syn: calibrate, graduate, fine-tune]
verb
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"
verb
Measure the caliber of; "calibrate a gun"
Definition of 'Calibrate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'calibrate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ability,
- adjust,
- agenda,
- amplitude,
- appraise,
- appreciate,
- apprehension,
- area,
- assay,
- assess,
- batting order,
- bigness,
- bill,
- bill of fare,
- blueprint,
- body,
- book,
- bore,
- breadth,
- budget,
- bulk,
- bump,
- calculate,
- calendar,
- caliber,
- calibrated,
- caliper,
- capability,
- capacity,
- card,
- carte du jour,
- carve,
- catalog,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- check a parameter,
- check in,
- chronicle,
- chronologize,
- comprehension,
- compute,
- conception,
- coverage,
- cut,
- decrease,
- deductive power,
- depth,
- dial,
- diameter,
- differentiate,
- dimension,
- dimensions,
- divide,
- docket,
- dower,
- dowry,
- endowment,
- engrave,
- enroll,
- enscroll,
- enter,
- enumerate,
- equipment,
- esemplastic power,
- estimate,
- evaluate,
- expanse,
- expansion,
- extension,
- extent,
- faculty,
- fathom,
- file,
- fill out,
- flair,
- forte,
- gauge,
- genius,
- gift,
- girth,
- gradational,
- grade,
- gradual,
- graduate,
- graduated,
- grave,
- greatness,
- height,
- hierarchic,
- ideation,
- impanel,
- incise,
- increase,
- index,
- inscribe,
- insert,
- instinct,
- integrative power,
- intellect,
- intellectual grasp,
- intellectual power,
- intellectualism,
- intellectuality,
- intelligence,
- intelligence quotient,
- intercalate,
- inventory,
- IQ,
- itemize,
- jot down,
- keep score,
- knowledge,
- largeness,
- length,
- line up,
- lineup,
- list,
- list of agenda,
- log,
- long suit,
- magnitude,
- make a memorandum,
- make a note,
- make an entry,
- make out,
- makings,
- mark down,
- mass,
- matriculate,
- measure,
- measurement,
- mensurate,
- mental age,
- mental capacity,
- mental grasp,
- mental ratio,
- mentality,
- menu,
- mete,
- meter,
- metier,
- minute,
- mother wit,
- native wit,
- natural endowment,
- natural gift,
- note,
- note down,
- pace,
- parts,
- pigeonhole,
- place upon record,
- playbill,
- plumb,
- poll,
- post,
- post up,
- potential,
- power,
- power of mind,
- powers,
- prize,
- probe,
- program,
- program of operation,
- programma,
- progressive,
- proportion,
- proportions,
- prospectus,
- protocol,
- put down,
- put in writing,
- put on paper,
- put on tape,
- qualification,
- quantify,
- quantize,
- radius,
- range,
- rate,
- rationality,
- reach,
- reasoning power,
- record,
- reduce to writing,
- register,
- regular,
- roster,
- sanity,
- scalar,
- scale,
- schedule,
- scope,
- scope of mind,
- score,
- semidiameter,
- sense,
- set down,
- shade off,
- size,
- size up,
- slate,
- sound,
- span,
- speciality,
- spread,
- standardize,
- step,
- strong flair,
- strong point,
- survey,
- tabulate,
- take a reading,
- take down,
- talent,
- talents,
- tally,
- tape,
- tape-record,
- the goods,
- the stuff,
- thinking power,
- triangulate,
- understanding,
- valuate,
- value,
- videotape,
- volume,
- weigh,
- what it takes,
- width,
- wit,
- write,
- write down,
- write in,
- write out,
- write up