calibrate
英['kælɪbreɪt]
美['kælɪbret]
英英释意
- 1. make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring;
- "calibrate an instrument"
- "graduate a cylinder"
- 2. 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"
- 3. measure the caliber of;
- "calibrate a gun"