Thesaurus results for CALIBRATE

calibrate

verb

Definition of calibrate

as in to measure

to determine the correct value of (something) The age of the tree was calibrated from the carbon dating data.

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Recent Examples of calibrate Wavelengths, intensity and safety protocols were never calibrated for animal tissue or canine eyes. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 Arm position, skin color and how recently the device was calibrated can all skew readings, raising the risk of false reassurance or unnecessary alarm. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026 The researchers added land-surface data created using commercial satellite imagery and calibrated with NASA’s ICESat-2 laser altimetry to construct a 3D model of the whole of Hunga. — Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026 Thermocouples and calibrated infrared imaging were used for the thermal measurements. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for calibrate

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LEDs send light through the fibers, while sensors at their opposite ends measure the output.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Sitting in a talk at a local conference, Carleton learned about circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), which cancer cells release into the bloodstream and can be measured to survey tumor growth.

— Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of measure

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Since rates are computed by dividing the number of cases by the population at risk in a specified time period, then by definition, if the number of cases stays the same but the size of the denominator shrinks, the rates will be higher.

— Nancy Krieger, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026
Omelchenko appreciates the study authors’ ability to translate math to real life but notes that fully evaluating the possibilities of new stitches by using torus diagrams would be impractically expensive to compute.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of compute

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The group compared water bills in 2025 to 2015, calculating the annual amount for a typical household using 60,000 gallons of water indoors, or about 50 gallons per person per day.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Integral members of American society, whose absence contributes to financial and psychological damage to other Americans—typically children—in ways yet to be calculated.

— Daniel Peña, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

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