Overview of verb calibrate

The verb calibrate has 3 senses

• calibrate, graduate, fine-tune -- (make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder")


• calibrate -- (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")


• calibrate -- (measure the caliber of; "calibrate a gun")

Overview of adj calibrated

The adj calibrated has 1 sense

• calibrated, graduated -- (marked with or divided into degrees; "a calibrated thermometer")