calibrated Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
fine-tune; calibrate; graduate.
- calibrate an instrument
- graduate a cylinder
verb mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units
calibrate.
- he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale
verb measure the caliber of
calibrate.
- calibrate a gun
adjective marked with or divided into degrees
graduated.
- a calibrated thermometer