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单词 miscalibrate
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miscalibratev.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈkalᵻbreɪt/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈkæləbreɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, calibrate v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + calibrate v.
transitive. To calibrate wrongly or inaccurately.
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1965 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 22 July b1/4 The statement said that the camera had been focused on an area of the plant in which ‘machines had been miscalibrated’.
1970 Physics of Earth & Planetary Interiors 4 28/2 The data..might suggest that Gutenberg's curve is miscalibrated between short teleseismic and long teleseismic distances.
1989 Nature 6 July 15/2 The energy channels in the original equipment had probably been miscalibrated.
1993 Sante Fe (New Mexico) Jrnl. Reporter 3 Feb. 17/4 The Ohio firm simply mis-calibrated, or mis-programmed the computer device controlling the GFI system.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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