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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 used a photograph of him taken backstage at the Winter Garden theater to calibrate our time extractor.
It is clearly important to have a precise C-value as a standard, as without this it is impossible to calibrate all other species accurately.
So please calibrate this rave according to your own tolerance for artsy-fartsy pop, but don't go overboard.
Landforms on Mars that appear to be related to climate changes help us calibrate and understand similar landforms on Earth.
Today we calibrate our watches with atomic clocks, but back then there was no timepiece more reliable than the rotating Earth itself.
Units must conduct and track services on all categories of unit equipment and must calibrate tools.

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