transitive verb.
To check, adjust, or determine by comparison with a standard (the graduations of a quantitative measuring instrument).
transitive verb.
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transitive verb.
To make corrections in; adjust.
transitive verb.
To adjust (a display setting) so that recorded images are accurately reproduced.
transitive verb.
To determine the caliber of (a tube).
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To determine the caliber of, as the interior of a thermometer-tube. See calibration.
Hence To determine the relative value of, as different parts of an arbitrary scale.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
intransitive verb.
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.