Associations to the word «Calibrate»

Wiktionary

CALIBRATE, verb. To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.
CALIBRATE, verb. To mark the scale of a measuring instrument.
CALIBRATE, verb. To measure the caliber of a tube or gun.

Dictionary definition

CALIBRATE, verb. Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder".
CALIBRATE, verb. 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, verb. Measure the caliber of; "calibrate a gun".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats