1 To ascertain, usually by comparison with a standard, the locations at which scale or chart graduations should be placed to correspond to a series of values of the quantity which the instrument is to measure, receive, or transmit
(1) to determine the amount of pesticide being applied through a nozzle of a sprayer, duster or granular applicator over a given area, (2) to mark a container or tank to indicate the volume at certain levels
to determine, by measurement or comparison with a standard, the correct value of each scale reading on a meter or other device, or the correct value for each setting of a control knob The levels of the calibration standards should bracket the range of planned measurements See Calibration curve
The process of testing a measuring device (such as a joystick) and then manipulating or changing its settings to conform to a set standard ensuring the device is working accurately
If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately. instructions on how to calibrate a thermometer
If you calibrate something, you measure it accurately. a way of calibrating the shift of opinion within the Labour Party + calibration calibrations cali·bra·tion the precise calibration of the achievement level of those observed
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
make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder" measure the caliber of; "calibrate a gun" 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