CALIBRATE


Meaning of CALIBRATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kælɪbreɪt ]

( calibrates, calibrating, calibrated)

1.

If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately. ( TECHNICAL )

...instructions on how to calibrate a thermometer.

VERB : V n

2.

If you calibrate something, you measure it accurately. ( WRITTEN )

...a way of calibrating the shift of opinion within the Labour Party...

VERB : V n

• cali‧bra‧tion

(calibrations)

...the precise calibration of the achievement level of those observed.

N-VAR

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