as in measured
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 calibrated
Quadcopter and multirotor drones Draganfly develops quadcopter and multirotor drones that are easy to use, quick to deploy, and fully calibrated at the company’s manufacturing facilities.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
The workers must then expose the ecosystem to a specific concentration of poison, perfectly calibrated to kill lampreys and not many other fish, for nine uninterrupted hours.
—Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
The silvered soleil face shows black subdials and an outer bright blue pulsations scale calibrated for 15 pulsations.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
His feel for movement and space seems calibrated already.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Each international version will need to be calibrated accordingly.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
The limited use of assets was correct and calibrated to the potential threat perceived, which speaks to the utility of Eastern Sentry.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The W4100i is also factory calibrated for color accuracy, achieving a Delta E figure of less than 2.
—New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025
If the software is not correctly calibrated, the system can enter a failsafe mode, resulting in a loss of power steering assist, according to the NHTSA.
—James Powel, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
The workers must then expose the ecosystem to a specific concentration of poison, perfectly calibrated to kill lampreys and not many other fish, for nine uninterrupted hours.
—Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
The silvered soleil face shows black subdials and an outer bright blue pulsations scale calibrated for 15 pulsations.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
His feel for movement and space seems calibrated already.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Each international version will need to be calibrated accordingly.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
The limited use of assets was correct and calibrated to the potential threat perceived, which speaks to the utility of Eastern Sentry.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The W4100i is also factory calibrated for color accuracy, achieving a Delta E figure of less than 2.
—New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025
If the software is not correctly calibrated, the system can enter a failsafe mode, resulting in a loss of power steering assist, according to the NHTSA.
—James Powel, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calibrated
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For all the sites, CNN measured the additional square footage of buildings by year since 2020, and analyzed the specific facilities seen in satellite imagery to determine their purpose.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index overall have risen every month since April.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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The alternative proposition is emergence, which states that qualitatively novel properties are found in more complex systems that can never, even in principle, be derived or computed from fundamental laws, principles, and entities.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
16 Oct. 2025
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To check that, Lai and his colleagues computed the most optimal task allocations, schedules, and motions in a few simplified work cells and compared those with results delivered by RoboBallet.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Calibrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibrated. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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