calibrate

calibrate is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or graduated instruments. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or graduated instruments.
2. verb. make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring

   "calibrate an instrument"

   "graduate a cylinder"

   Synonyms: graduate

3. verb. measure the caliber of

   "calibrate a gun"

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

   "he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale"

Synonyms

graduate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in calibrate:

bacterial

Common word forms

calibrated, calibrater, calibrates, calibrating

Words from these letters

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