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What does calibrate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word calibrate? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.
  2. To mark the scale of a measuring instrument.
  3. To measure the caliber of a tube or gun.
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We studied polarimetry with wide-band filters and a simple instrument that took us six months to calibrate.
Landforms on Mars that appear to be related to climate changes help us calibrate and understand similar landforms on Earth.
It is not easy to calibrate his success but it stirs a seamless passion in those now ready to take on the mantle.
Maximum time limits were set to equal minimum time limits for fossil calibrations, and only invertebrates were used to calibrate.
Today we calibrate our watches with atomic clocks, but back then there was no timepiece more reliable than the rotating Earth itself.
We used a photograph of him taken backstage at the Winter Garden theater to calibrate our time extractor.

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