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Definition
make fine adjustments; or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring- She calibrated the oscilloscope for better measurement.
calibrated = made fine adjustments
- He calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale.
- Andil and the technicians were there to calibrate and experiment.Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
- They had no instrument to calibrate how much punishment he could take.Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
- 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
- It required a calibrated environment, like the orchids in the flower shop.Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
- Jason studied the airspeed, calibrating the knots on the map and calculating the estimated distance he wanted.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
- His dad had calibrated the machine for these longer rides, saying that it would make the live rides easier by comparison.Nicholas Sparks -- The Longest Ride
- But he'd always be off balance, never calibrated exactly right.Rick Riordan -- The Lost Hero
- My body was a beautiful, perfect economy, every feature calibrated, everything in balance.Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
- He infused the radioactive tagging substance, a magnesium isotope, into the monkey and calibrated the scanner.Michael Crichton -- The Andromeda Strain
- Yes, narcosamine is safe enough, and can be calibrated fairly accurately.Arthur C. Clarke -- Childhood's End
- We had buttons, we had circuits, and it could all be mapped and explained, reprogrammed and calibrated.Dave Eggers -- A Hologram for the King
- The picture showed the full length of Harrison against a background calibrated in feet and inches.Kurt Vonnegut -- Harrison Bergeron
- Director Sato paced before him, puffing calmly on her cigarette—the equivalent of ecoterrorism in this carefully calibrated environment.Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
- Then I ran a drill press to set up and calibrate the end pieces.Phil Robertson -- Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander
- That data can quickly be used to calibrate the outside temperature.Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts
- In this agonizing fashion I climbed toward above, progressing in increments calibrated in inches.Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
- 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