Sample sentences for CALIBRATE

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Definition

make fine adjustments or measurements; or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring;

calibrated = made fine adjustments

calibrated = divided into marked intervals for measurement

calibrated = finely adjusted

I watched her move through the rippling pastel space of the Arcadian Court as if gliding, with little nods and tiny calibrated waves of the hand.
Margaret Atwood -- The Blind Assassin

calibrated = finely adjusted

The computer is going to send a signal to calibrate the transponder, and the transponder is going to send a signal back.
Rick Yancey -- The 5th Wave

calibrate = make fine adjustments to

But the length of the rope has to be calibrated in proportion to the weight of the person; otherwise there is nothing quick or easy about it.
Jennifer Niven -- All the Right Places

calibrated = accurately adjusted

I paused a second, trying to figure out if my response should be calibrated to please Augustus or his parents.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars

calibrated = finely adjusted

The picture showed the full length of Harrison against a background calibrated in feet and inches.
Kurt Vonnegut -- Harrison Bergeron

calibrated = divided into marked intervals to measure

They had no instrument to calibrate how much punishment he could take.
Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things

calibrate = measure

My body was a beautiful, perfect economy, every feature calibrated, everything in balance.
Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl

calibrated = finally adjusted

He infused the radioactive tagging substance, a magnesium isotope, into the monkey and calibrated the scanner.
Michael Crichton -- The Andromeda Strain

calibrated = finely adjusted

We had buttons, we had circuits, and it could all be mapped and explained, reprogrammed and calibrated.
Dave Eggers -- A Hologram for the King

calibrated = adjusted

That data can quickly be used to calibrate the outside temperature.
Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts

calibrate = measure

Sean had a different take: Michael's mind was finely calibrated to get from one day to the next.
Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side

calibrated = adjusted

Someone performs something that isn't part of the competition so the judges can calibrate their scoring.
Colleen Hoover -- Slammed

calibrate = finely adjust

I was wearing sixty pounds of gear, each gram meticulously chosen for a specific purpose, my load refined and calibrated over a dozen years and hundreds of similar missions.
Mark Owen -- No Easy Day

calibrated = adjusted

These things might be atmospheric probes or devices used to measure something they can't calibrate from space.
Rick Yancey -- The 5th Wave

calibrate = measure

Andil and the technicians were there to calibrate and experiment.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
My mother had always been the point that I calibrated myself against.
Sarah Dessen -- Lock and Key
Today about two-thirds of a typical casino's profits now come from slots and video poker — machines that are precisely calibrated to take your money.
Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation

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