Definitions for calibrate

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calibrate cal·i·brate

Spelling: [kal-uh-breyt]

IPA: /ˈkæl əˌbreɪt/

Calibrate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 560 anagrams from letters in calibrate (aabceilrt).

Definitions for calibrate

verb (used with object)

1. to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
2. to divide or mark with gradations, graduations, or other indexes of degree, quantity, etc., as on a thermometer, measuring cup, or the like.
3. to determine the correct range for (an artillery gun, mortar, etc.) by observing where the fired projectile hits.
4. to plan or devise (something) carefully so as to have a precise use, application, appeal, etc.:

Origin of calibrate

First recorded in 1860-65; caliber + -ate¹

Examples for calibrate

There may be a lesson for the Obama administration as it tries to calibrate what Israel will do on Iran.

Both men agreed to calibrate its exact size so as to reach 51-49 for the whole country.

A house, or some such landmark which is shewn on our trench maps, is usually chosen to calibrate upon.

As a result of this book it is now much easier to calibrate the nature, range, and methods of the mogul.

As is the question of whether the studios can calibrate expedited releases without demolishing theaters and, possibly, themselves.

It would be more correct to calibrate it in units of air pressure.

They need to support leaders who focus on realistic results and calibrate rhetoric accordingly.

I am here to correct and calibrate your morale compasses to true north.

How would you know that the weights you used to calibrate your scale were really what you thought them to be?

You do that to a certain extent with performance capture by the way you calibrate the model of Caesar—or the rig, as we call it.