Thesaurus results for CALIBRATE

calibrate

verb

Definition of calibrate

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 The short answer is that evolution runs on a clock calibrated to geological time, and human lifespans are vanishingly small ticks on that clock. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Goodman’s prose is clear rather than complex, and carefully calibrated to each of her characters; the book’s form corrals the natural speed of her sentences into act-length shapes that one moves around in one’s head like puzzle pieces. — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026 Within the existing parking garage, the airport has installed and is calibrating a parking guidance system that directs drivers to available spaces using digital arrows mounted on the ceiling. — Sacbee.com, 22 June 2026 Whole-home diffusers, because they are calibrated by an HVAC technician at install, run on a more predictable replenishment cycle. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for calibrate

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MoneyLion ranked the nation's 50 most affluent suburbs by household income, as measured in the 2024 American Community Survey.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Researchers also measured static electric fields by observing how stray fields displaced the ion from its resting position.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026

Definition of measure

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Anyone who has spent a career in and around tech will be aware of Moore's Law—the phenomenon observed by Gordon Moore in the 1960s that, as computing power increases, its cost decreases.

— Rupert Lee-Browne, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
To be sure, questions remain about Meta’s plan to sell access to computing power.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 1 July 2026

Definition of compute

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The constellation would also brighten the night sky by up to 300 percent, Hanuit calculated.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 1 July 2026
The parents allege that UC Davis included what was meant only to be an expense offset for the in-kind donations of horses in calculating the total cost of the equestrian program.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026

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