"calibrate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkæl.ɪ.bɹeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæl.ə.bɹeɪt/ [General-American], /ˈkæl.ə.bɹæɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-calibrate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: calibrates [present, singular, third-person], calibrating [participle, present], calibrated [participle, past], calibrated [past]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: From caliber or calibre + -ate. Etymology templates: {{m|en|caliber}} caliber, {{suffix|en|calibre|ate}} 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: 78 13 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ate Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 11 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 78 15 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 19 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 66 17 17 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 1 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
Related terms: caliber, calibre, calibration

Inflected forms

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        "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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