calibration

Variant of calibrate

calibrate definition

cali·brate (kal′ə brāt′)

transitive verb calibrated -·brat′ed, calibrating -·brat′·ing

  1. to determine the caliber of
  2. to fix, check, or correct the graduations of (a measuring instrument, as a thermometer)

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