"calibrate" meaning in English

See calibrate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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)
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  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

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæl.ə.bɹeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæl.ə.bɹæɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "tune"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kalibriram",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "калибрирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "校準"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiàozhǔn",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "校准"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "kalibrovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "kalibri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "kalibroida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "étalonner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "calibrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "kalibrieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vathmonomó",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "βαθμονομώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diavathmízo",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "διαβαθμίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kiyél",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "כייל"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "calibrare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちょうせいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chōsei suru",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "調整する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうせいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōsei suru",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "較正する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "tohu ine"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "kalibrować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "calibrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kalibrírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "калибри́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "calibrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "word": "kalibrera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kalibruváty",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "калібрува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidkalibróvuvaty",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "відкалібро́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidkalibruváty",
      "sense": "to check or adjust by comparison with a standard",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відкалібрува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "graduiram",
      "sense": "To mark the scale of a measuring instrument",
      "word": "градуирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To mark the scale of a measuring instrument",
      "word": "kalibreer"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Calibration"
  ],
  "word": "calibrate"
}

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