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
Adobe calibrates these to bring the most appealing or lifelike colors.
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Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Instead of independently designing and optimizing individual components and then connecting and calibrating them, GM can now simultaneously balance airflow and refrigerant behavior with cabin comfort, doing in days or hours what used to take months or weeks.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026
Every back-test calibrated on the quarterly world is now describing an environment that no longer exists.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Are treatments, movement plans and recovery sessions calibrated to you, or is everyone on the property running the same circuit?
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
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Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Instead of independently designing and optimizing individual components and then connecting and calibrating them, GM can now simultaneously balance airflow and refrigerant behavior with cabin comfort, doing in days or hours what used to take months or weeks.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026
Every back-test calibrated on the quarterly world is now describing an environment that no longer exists.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Are treatments, movement plans and recovery sessions calibrated to you, or is everyone on the property running the same circuit?
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calibrate
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Minimizing thermal energy removes ambient atomic vibrations, allowing the team to measure pure quantum mechanics without heat interference.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
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Their concerns center on FIFA’s use of the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT), which measures the combined effects of air temperature, humidity, wind and sunlight on the body.—
Emile Nuh,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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The engineer was the cofounder of Wang Laboratories, which helped propel computing into the office with its line of word processors.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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This approach to text generation shifts the bottleneck from memory bandwidth to compute, generating up to 256 tokens in parallel.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
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Nursing home operators argued the state failed to properly account for the medical complexity of residents when calculating those payments, reducing reimbursement for facilities caring for some of the sickest patients.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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Traditional points systems rarely establish a clear relationship to purchasing power, leaving consumers to calculate value against shifting redemption rates, and shrinking availability.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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“Calibrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibrate. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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