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"calibrate an instrument"verbmake fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
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"he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale"verbmark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units
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"calibrate a gun"verbmeasure the caliber oftype of:
Definition that contains calibrate
- sundial timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
- vernier a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale
- centigrade thermometer a thermometer calibrated in degrees centigrade
- fahrenheit thermometer a thermometer calibrated in degrees Fahrenheit
- reaumur thermometer an alcohol thermometer calibrated in degrees Reaumur
- vernier scale a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale