If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
例句
...instructions on how to calibrate a thermometer.如何标定温度计的说明...a calibrated hypodermic syringe.标定精确刻度的皮下注射器
VERB
精确测量;准确估量
If you calibrate something, you measure it accurately.
例句
...a way of calibrating the shift of opinion within the Labour Party...准确衡量工党内部观点转变的方法Pesticide levels in food are simply too difficult to calibrate.食品中杀虫剂的含量很难精确测定。
英汉词典释义
n.
调准;校准
calibration by measurement由量度校准calibration by water用水校准absolute calibration绝对校准
(测量器具上的)刻度
the calibrations on a pressure gauge.气压计上的刻度
英英词典释义
Noun
1. the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument;