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calibrator|ˈkælɪˌbreɪtə(r)| [f. calibrate v. + -or.] One who, or that which, calibrates; spec. in Med., an instrument for measuring the calibre of a passage, etc.
1900Dorland Med. Dict. 127/2 Calibrator, an instrument for dilating the urethra or for measuring the caliber of a passage. 1932News Chron. 23 Sept. 7/4 A novel wireless calibrator, called the Easy Station Finder..enables owners of non-calibrated tuning arrangements to tune-in to any desired station with accuracy. 1958Spectator 8 Aug. 201/2 The aisles and transepts are piled high with sheaves of crankshafts and bunches of calibrators. |