calibrate

== English == === Etymology === From calibre + -ate. === Pronunciation === enPR: (weak vowel distinction) kăl′ĭ-brāt, (weak vowel merger) kăl′ə-brāt (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkæl.ɪ.bɹeɪ̯t/; (also Received Pronunciation) /ˈkal.ɪ.bɹeɪ̯t/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkæl.ɪ.bɹæɪ̯t/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɛl.ə.bɹæɪ̯t/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈkal.ɪ.bɹet/ (India) IPA(key): /ˈka(ː)l.ɪ.bɾeːʈ/ Rhymes: -eɪt, (weak vowel distinction) -ælɪbɹeɪt, (weak vowel merger) -æləbɹeɪt Hyphenation: cal‧i‧brate === Verb === calibrate (third-person singular simple present calibrates, present participle calibrating, simple past and past participle calibrated) (transitive) (technology) To check or adjust by comparison with a standard. Synonym: tune (technology) To mark the scale of a measuring instrument. (firearms) To measure the caliber of a tube or gun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “calibrate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “calibrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “calibrate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === bacterial == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.liˈbra.te/ Rhymes: -ate Hyphenation: ca‧li‧brà‧te === Verb === calibrate inflection of calibrare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Participle === calibrate feminine plural of calibrato === Adjective === calibrate feminine plural of calibrato == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaliˈbɾate/ [ka.liˈβ̞ɾa.t̪e] Rhymes: -ate Syllabification: ca‧li‧bra‧te === Verb === calibrate second-person singular voseo imperative of calibrar combined with te