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calibrate
verb calibrated, calibrating
    1. To mark a scale on (a measuring instrument) so that it can be used to take readings in suitable units.
    2. To determine (a correct value) by comparison with an accurate standard.
    3. To measure (the diameter of a gun barrel or tube).
Etymology: 19c: calibre + -ate1 sense1.



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