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calibrate, v.|ˈkælɪbreɪt|
[f. calibre + -ate3: cf. F. calibrer.]
a. trans. To determine the calibre of; spec. to try the bore of a thermometer tube or similar instrument, so as to allow in graduating it for any irregularities: to graduate a gauge of any kind with allowance for its irregularities.
b. To determine the correct position, value, capacity, etc., of; to set an instrument so that readings taken from it are absolute rather than relative; spec. to mark (a radio) with indications of the position of various wavelengths or stations. Also transf. Hence ˈcalibrated ppl. a., ˈcalibrating vbl. n. (usu. attrib.).
1864in Webster. 1869Roscoe Elem. Chem. 27 The [thermometer] tube must be calibrated, i.e. the irregularities in the bore must be determined and allowed for. 1870Tyndall Heat x. App. 330, I give here the method of calibrating the galvanometer. 1881Tait in Nature XXV. 128 The external gauge was accurately calibrated. 1897Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 6/3 The tube was handed on to a calibrating machine, which accurately ‘shaped’ it. 1909Installation News III. 95/1 A very accurately calibrated check meter. Ibid. 160 A complete Testing and Calibrating Plant. 1930Daily Mail 4 Jan. 7/1 To get the [wireless] set to do its best it must be calibrated. 1959Halas & Manvell Film Animation xix. 228 All scene movements which he has to calibrate in terms of camera and rostrum movements. 1960M. Sharp Something Light viii. 74 Calibrating a cup of char with Rossy as one extreme, and tea at Gladstone Mansions as the other, tea with the Meares..came about halfway. |