calibrate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
calibrate an instrument
Types & categories
- adjust hypernym
Related & opposite
- calibration derivation
- graduate derivation
- graduation derivation
Sense 2 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
Types & categories
- mark hypernym
Related & opposite
- calibration derivation
Sense 3 verb
measure the caliber of
calibrate a gun
Types & categories
- measure hypernym
Related & opposite
- caliber derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | calibration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | graduate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | graduation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | adjust |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | calibration |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mark |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | caliber |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | measure |