calibrate
calibrate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 36 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ample
- amplitude
- and
- become
- bore
- breadth
- broad
- caliber
- corpulence
- crassitude
- diameter
- dilation
- discous
- dumpy
- expand
- expansion
- extent
- fanlike
- latifoliate
- latitude
- outspread
- radius
- render
- rope
- size
- space
- squab
- squat
- superficial
- thick
- thicken
- thickness
- thickset
- wide
- widen
- width
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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