"calibrate" meaning in All languages combined

See calibrate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkæl.ɪ.bɹeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæl.ə.bɹeɪt/ [General-American], /ˈkæl.ə.bɹæɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-calibrate.wav Forms: calibrates [present, singular, third-person], calibrating [participle, present], calibrated [participle, past], calibrated [past]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: From caliber or calibre + -ate. Etymology templates: {{af|en|calibre|-ate|id2=verb}} calibre + -ate Head templates: {{en-verb}} calibrate (third-person singular simple present calibrates, present participle calibrating, simple past and past participle calibrated)
  1. To check or adjust by comparison with a standard. Categories (topical): Metrology Synonyms (check or adjust by comparison with a standard): tune Translations (to check or adjust by comparison with a standard): калибрирам (kalibriram) (Bulgarian), 校準 (Chinese Mandarin), 校准 (jiàozhǔn) (Chinese Mandarin), kalibrovat (Czech), kalibri (Esperanto), kalibroida (Finnish), étalonner (French), calibrer (French), kalibrieren (German), βαθμονομώ (vathmonomó) (Greek), διαβαθμίζω (diavathmízo) (Greek), כייל (kiyél) (Hebrew), calibrare (Italian), 調整する (chōsei suru) (alt: ちょうせいする) (Japanese), 較正する (kōsei suru) (alt: こうせいする) (Japanese), tohu ine (Maori), kalibrować (Polish), calibrar (Portuguese), калибри́ровать (kalibrírovatʹ) (Russian), calibrar (Spanish), kalibrera (Swedish), калібрува́ти (kalibruváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відкалібро́вувати (vidkalibróvuvaty) [imperfective, rare] (Ukrainian), відкалібрува́ти (vidkalibruváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-calibrate-en-verb-4ShbR6qN Disambiguation of Metrology: 83 10 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 10 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 67 17 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 74 11 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 70 20 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 69 16 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 78 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 13 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 12 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 61 25 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 78 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 78 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 78 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 73 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 78 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 70 15 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 71 19 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 78 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 76 12 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 79 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 78 11 11 Disambiguation of 'check or adjust by comparison with a standard': 99 1 0 Disambiguation of 'to check or adjust by comparison with a standard': 99 0 0
  2. To mark the scale of a measuring instrument. Translations (To mark the scale of a measuring instrument): градуирам (graduiram) (Bulgarian), kalibreer (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-calibrate-en-verb-fZFvIuHK Disambiguation of 'To mark the scale of a measuring instrument': 1 98 1
  3. To measure the caliber of a tube or gun.
    Sense id: en-calibrate-en-verb-iarOeexX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autocalibrating, calibratable, calibrator, decalibrate, intercalibrate, miscalibrate, recalibrate Related terms: caliber, calibre, calibration

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} calibrate
  1. inflection of calibrare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person Form of: calibrare
    Sense id: en-calibrate-it-verb-NGz5WImu Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 28 4 4 54 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 2 2 60 4 2 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 85 11 4
  2. inflection of calibrare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: calibrare
    Sense id: en-calibrate-it-verb-qshVvSDL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} calibrate f pl
  1. feminine plural of calibrato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: calibrato
    Sense id: en-calibrate-it-verb-L-53jpgp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} calibrate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of calibrar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: calibrar
    Sense id: en-calibrate-es-verb-H8~B3AlF Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "kalibrieren"
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