Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.

    kalibrieren

    калибри́роватьkalibrírovatʹ

    калібрува́тиkalibruváty, відкалібро́вуватиvidkalibróvuvaty, відкалібрува́тиvidkalibruváty

  2. (transitive)To mark the scale of a measuring instrument.

    mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units

  3. (transitive)To measure the caliber of a tube or gun.

    measure the caliber of

Examples

4 sentences
  1. This instrument needs to be calibrated.

    deDieses Instrument muss gestimmt werden.

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  2. I calibrate my cooch come coitus.

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  3. I need to calibrate the front tire of my motorcycle.

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  4. Have you calibrated your monitor?

    ruТы откалибровал свой монитор?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to check or adjust by comparison with a standard:
Русский
By meaning 1
to check or adjust by comparison with a standard:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to check or adjust by comparison with a standard:

Forms

calibrates, calibrating, calibrated, calibrated
Base formcalibrate · to calibrate
3rd person singularcalibrates
Present participlecalibrating
Past simplecalibrated
Past participlecalibrated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycalibrate
he, she, itcalibrates

Past simpleLesson

all personscalibrated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave calibrated
he, she, ithas calibrated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill calibrate

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring:graduatefine-tune

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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