vverb.changemake fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuringSynset:calibrate fine-tune graduate
Examples:- calibrate an instrument
- graduate a cylinder
Derivationally Related Form:graduationgraduatecalibration
Hypernyms:adjust correct set
Inherited Hypernyms:calibrateadjustchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactmark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired unitsExamples:- he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale
Derivationally Related Form:calibration
Hypernyms:label mark tag
Inherited Hypernyms:calibratetagattachconnect
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.cognitionmeasure the caliber ofDerivationally Related Form:caliber
Hypernyms:measure measure out mensurate
Inherited Hypernyms:calibratemeasuredecide
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adjadj.pplmarked with or divided into degreesSynset:graduated
Inherited Hypernyms:calibrated