calibrate
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (3)
- make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring“calibrate an instrument”“graduate a cylinder”Synonyms: graduatefine-tune
- 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”
- measure the caliber of“calibrate a gun”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Calibrate \Cal"i*brate\, v. i. 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. [1913 Webster]