Calibrate meaning

What does “calibrate” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“calibrate” is a verb with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring.

calibrate

make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
“calibrate an instrument”
“graduate a cylinder”
Synonymsgraduate fine-tune
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”
measure the caliber of
“calibrate a gun”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University