Definition of calibrate in English:

calibrate

verb ˈkalɪbreɪtˈkæləˌbreɪt

[with object]

1Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
标定（标尺，仪器）
the depth gauge is calibrated in centimetres
Example sentencesExamples
- The model was calibrated on the basis of the similar experimental results.
- All sensors are calibrated to a common reference frame, and can be used interchangeably with the same measurement program.
- On arrival in Penobscot Bay they set up their equipment, calibrated their clocks with other astronomical observations, and confidently awaited the eclipse.
- Statistical sampling methods are just like any other kind of scientific instrument in that they must be calibrated against known results.
- Computer software is used to calibrate the strain gauge and calculate blood flow measurements in the leg.
- The coverage also includes the different tools available for calibrating your monitor and the differences between the various tools.
- Yes, but the sensors were calibrated to detect microbursts which have much shorter wavelengths.
- The clocks were calibrated taking observations of the Sun and of a star.
- The arrow indicates the point at which the molecular clock is calibrated (140 MYA)
- The new finding by Wikelski and colleagues suggests that the songbirds' magnetic compass is calibrated, perhaps on a daily basis, by visual cues.
- Reference data aids analysis and interpretation of remotely sensed data; calibrates sensors; and verifies information extracted from remote sensing data.
- The CO 2 monitors were calibrated bi-weekly with CO 2 standards.
- The species in both genera are perennials, thus minimizing the effect of generation time on substitution rates, while all other slower rates were calibrated for trees or shrubs.
- Each gauge is calibrated such that at a glance you can read how many ounces are in a bottle.
- To calibrate chlorophyll meter readings, it is best to have one or more strips in the field with nitrogen applied at a rate high enough to be non-yield limiting to serve as a reference.
- Temperature sensors were calibrated on several occasions against a standard thermometer.
- In the absence of an adequate fossil record, geological events, rather than the first appearances of sister taxa in the geological record, are often used to calibrate molecular clocks.
- Both flow meters were calibrated against a bubble meter.
- Light meters are calibrated to give you good exposure for subjects of average brightness; fortunately, most outdoor subjects are of average brightness.
Synonyms
compute, work out, reckon, figure, enumerate, determine, evaluate, quantify, assess, cost, put a figure on
1. 1.1 Correlate the readings of (an instrument) with those of a standard in order to check the instrument's accuracy.
  校准（仪器的刻度）
  a separate control experiment is then carried out to calibrate the calorimeter
  Example sentencesExamples
  Units must conduct and track services on all categories of unit equipment and must calibrate tools.
  Included with the samples of unknown composition are known samples, called standards, against which the unknowns can be checked and calibrated.
  This calibrates the nucleotide mutation rate for two mutagenesis centers, implies significance criteria for positional cloning efforts, and provides working estimates of effective genetic target sizes for selected phenotypes.
  Correctly calibrate the sprayer and check the nozzle output and adjustment before adding herbicide to a tank.
  Once a year, scientists will perform a health check to monitor ‘critical systems, calibrate instruments and perform course corrections, if necessary’.
  The calorimeter was calibrated using solid standards from Calorimetry Sciences Corporation as well as aqueous dispersions of highly pure disaturated PCs prepared in this laboratory.
  The assay was performed according to the manufacturer's protocol and was calibrated with five standards ranging from 0.5 to 50 ng/mL.
  These results are permanently calibrated with international standards.
  The calorimeter was calibrated electrically.
  The size of the finite element model width and depth were calibrated to provide correct correlation to the pile load test data.
  It is clearly important to have a precise C-value as a standard, as without this it is impossible to calibrate all other species accurately.
  The Toro Co. unveiled the Toro Sprayer Calibration Tool, a computer-based tool to help check and calibrate sprayers as well as calculate product and water mixing rates.
  This sounds a little simplistic, but you'd be surprised how many airplanes out there haven't had their static systems checked or VORs calibrated.
  Bevalac beams were used to calibrate and check out scientific equipment due to be carried on satellites or shuttle missions, and Bevalac experiments led to a better assessment of the risks associated with space flights.
  When this happens, the clock is said to be properly calibrated or accurate or synchronized with the standard clock.
  All sensor readings must be checked and calibrated.
  The locations of the science targets identified before the self-calibration are also calibrated to centimeter-level accuracy.
  Although this approach might be useful for establishing the errors on the correlation function after calibrating the instrument, it reveals little about the underlying mechanisms of noise.
  The standards are necessary to calibrate the system and ensure accuracy.
  So even though we can calibrate an instrument very accurately against an incandescent source, we don't know how well the instrument can subsequently measure the chromaticity of a particular artifact.
  To ensure rootworm control results, application equipment should be accurately calibrated to deliver the recommended rate.
  Synonyms
  classify, class, categorize, bracket, sort, group, order, arrange, type, pigeonhole, brand, size
2. 1.2 Adjust (experimental results) to take external factors into account or to allow comparison with other data.
  调整（实验结果），调节
  the radiocarbon results would need to be calibrated to convert them to calendar ages
  Example sentencesExamples
  Regardless of the macroevolutionary issues at stake, most students of biodiversity would agree that there is value in calibrating global biodiversity trends through critical intervals.
  Although the two men pose for the picture, they, too, are props, for this image is not so much a double portrait as a carefully calibrated technical experiment.
  It would be an interesting social experiment to calibrate both the academic and student intake on campuses according to the latest poll results and census surveys.
  But except under extraordinary circumstances, we had best focus on creating stability by calibrating the balance of power among states rather than revamping the balance of forces within them.
  The system is calibrated to account for different camera locations in each park.
  So voters may want to send all sorts of messages and deliver a whole range of finely calibrated judgments next month - but we cannot.
  Huckabay advocates using ‘adjusted range factors,’ which calibrate for pitching staffs, ballpark effects, and so on.
  The result is a competitive balance so well calibrated it's possible for any team to win.
  Each and every time, we mentally calibrate the results.
  It conveys no information other than how scared the government thinks you ought to be at this particular juncture, therefore allowing the government to calibrate the national mood with more precision than is usual.
  It is impossible to calibrate influence but it seems likely the main impact of Mason and his cohorts was to talent spot young people in whom they saw potential.
  You may also check the final result in different browsers, a very important step that allows you to calibrate the web site for maximum compatibility.
  In particular, the Constitution, which British journalists regularly confuse with the Declaration of Independence, is calibrated so as to correct the arithmetical simplicities of an undifferentiated popular will.
  They have mapped out their life and career changes months or even years in advance, each time carefully calibrating and adjusting for the implications.
  Thanks to its extensive research operation, Fianna Fail had a much clearer picture of the electorate, which allowed them to calibrate their message carefully and to monitor and tweak it during the course of the campaign.
  He was concerned that mistakes could be made which could cost the public money and wanted to know if the systems employed had been properly calibrated and checked.
  A finely calibrated appreciation of weather is the result of Ritchie's four decades at the nets.
  I suppose I should have stopped, if only because it seemed in such poor taste, calibrating my body's improvement as Dad's withered away.
  Synonyms
  modify, alter, regulate, tune, fine-tune, balance
3. 1.3 Carefully assess, set, or adjust (something abstract)
  the regulators cannot properly calibrate the risks involved
  Example sentencesExamples
  It also set rules calibrating how quickly troops may increase their use of force to lethal levels, the general said.
  I could have calibrated those words differently.
  And therefore, we can't calibrate our intelligence with our action.
  We have a way of calibrating the sporting public's view of a team's odds.
  On the one hand, it's a subtly calibrated work of psychological imagination.
  In the end it was respect for Bacon's carefully calibrated performance that kept me in my seat.
  Once in awhile, you'll also catch the cook sampling the wok's contents to calibrate your order.
  The senior official said the proposals are calibrated to protect sovereignty.
  The campaign also initially failed to calibrate their message to voters who pride themselves on making informed decisions.
  We'll be calibrating a lot over the next few weeks.
  That is how the merits of technology are calibrated.
  But the lovely piano music, calibrated for conversation, and a fine dry martini helped us forgive and forget.
  The closing Obama speech is cautious, calibrated to cement the inroads he has made with voters whose comfort level with him has grown.
  Like so much else that he wrote, 'A Golden Wedding' was precisely calibrated against contemporary taste.
  The nightlife in any city is to be calibrated by its accessibility to the largest population groups.
  But the album is so perfectly calibrated to ensure big sales that it's difficult not to straight out detest the record.
  Surely this subverts quite clearly the idea that mainstream British culture is something straightforward and easily calibrated.
  Instead, her defiance of emergency rule has been carefully calibrated.
  But I do know that over time I have been able to calibrate my eye pretty well.
  "All necessary resources will be deployed to meet the threat, calibrated to how it unfolds," he said.

Derivatives

calibrator

noun

Elsewhere on the diagnostics page were instruments; quality controls, calibrators, and standards; and kits and reagents.
Example sentencesExamples
- Owing to the lack of widely used calibrators for some assays and the imprecision of the individual assay methods, it is difficult to define a single cutoff value for risk that will apply to all methods.
- If manufacturer's directions are NOT followed, state stepwise instructions including number, type, concentration of calibrators, acceptable limits, frequency, and reportable range for patient results.
- Three internal calibrators (low, medium, and high RNA concentrations) and total plasma nucleic acids are extracted simultaneously with test samples in each set of testing.
- The authors and other laboratorians hope that manufacturers use as primary calibrators solutions of SRM 916, or its equivalent, in human serum; secondary calibration should be traceable to primary calibrators.
- Whole blood calibrators were prepared and all analyses included 1-propanol as the internal standard.
- Many instruments are ‘open,’ meaning they can use reagents and calibrators from thirdparty manufacturers.
- Secondary calibrators are usually serum-based and the analyte concentrations less precisely determined by running many times against a former secondary calibrator or a primary calibrator.
- The absorbance values and antigen concentration of the calibrators were plotted against each other semilogarithmically, and the results of the control and patient samples were deduced from this graph.
- Such specimens may be used by instrument manufacturers as standards for calibrating bilirubin methods and for assigning values to calibrators provided to instrument users.
- Local on-site calibration was performed using frozen plasma calibrators to determine ISI values for each thromboplastin.
- A methanolic stock standard prepared from pure gaseous difluoroethane was used to prepare whole blood calibrators.
- All analyses were performed with reagents, calibrators, and controls from the instrument manufacturers and according to their published instructions.
- Using the known HCV RNA concentrations for the four calibrators and the determined ratios, establish a standard curve relating measured peak ratio to HCV viral load.
- A standard curve is constructed based on calibrators of known concentration.
- There are piles of peelers and small can-opener mountains; coffee machines and calibrators of all kinds compete for house room.
- Two calibrators and two negative controls were included in each test run.
- The precision assessment was performed as a quality control using the 15-point titration calibrators to qualify new slide lots and generate quality metrics for each client project.
- All study assays were performed according to manufacturers' recommendations; calibrators, standards, and controls for assays were utilized according to laboratory approved procedures.
- This will entice manufacturers to improve the accuracy of their methods by using more accurate calibrators.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from calibre + -ate³.

Definition of calibrate in US English:

calibrate

verbˈkæləˌbreɪtˈkaləˌbrāt

[with object]

1Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
标定（标尺，仪器）
Example sentencesExamples
- Reference data aids analysis and interpretation of remotely sensed data; calibrates sensors; and verifies information extracted from remote sensing data.
- Both flow meters were calibrated against a bubble meter.
- On arrival in Penobscot Bay they set up their equipment, calibrated their clocks with other astronomical observations, and confidently awaited the eclipse.
- Temperature sensors were calibrated on several occasions against a standard thermometer.
- To calibrate chlorophyll meter readings, it is best to have one or more strips in the field with nitrogen applied at a rate high enough to be non-yield limiting to serve as a reference.
- All sensors are calibrated to a common reference frame, and can be used interchangeably with the same measurement program.
- Yes, but the sensors were calibrated to detect microbursts which have much shorter wavelengths.
- The model was calibrated on the basis of the similar experimental results.
- Each gauge is calibrated such that at a glance you can read how many ounces are in a bottle.
- The clocks were calibrated taking observations of the Sun and of a star.
- In the absence of an adequate fossil record, geological events, rather than the first appearances of sister taxa in the geological record, are often used to calibrate molecular clocks.
- The species in both genera are perennials, thus minimizing the effect of generation time on substitution rates, while all other slower rates were calibrated for trees or shrubs.
- Light meters are calibrated to give you good exposure for subjects of average brightness; fortunately, most outdoor subjects are of average brightness.
- Computer software is used to calibrate the strain gauge and calculate blood flow measurements in the leg.
- The CO 2 monitors were calibrated bi-weekly with CO 2 standards.
- The new finding by Wikelski and colleagues suggests that the songbirds' magnetic compass is calibrated, perhaps on a daily basis, by visual cues.
- The arrow indicates the point at which the molecular clock is calibrated (140 MYA)
- The coverage also includes the different tools available for calibrating your monitor and the differences between the various tools.
- Statistical sampling methods are just like any other kind of scientific instrument in that they must be calibrated against known results.
Synonyms
compute, work out, reckon, figure, enumerate, determine, evaluate, quantify, assess, cost, put a figure on
1. 1.1 Correlate the readings of (an instrument) with those of a standard in order to check the instrument's accuracy.
  校准（仪器的刻度）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Included with the samples of unknown composition are known samples, called standards, against which the unknowns can be checked and calibrated.
  All sensor readings must be checked and calibrated.
  These results are permanently calibrated with international standards.
  The calorimeter was calibrated using solid standards from Calorimetry Sciences Corporation as well as aqueous dispersions of highly pure disaturated PCs prepared in this laboratory.
  The size of the finite element model width and depth were calibrated to provide correct correlation to the pile load test data.
  Correctly calibrate the sprayer and check the nozzle output and adjustment before adding herbicide to a tank.
  Although this approach might be useful for establishing the errors on the correlation function after calibrating the instrument, it reveals little about the underlying mechanisms of noise.
  So even though we can calibrate an instrument very accurately against an incandescent source, we don't know how well the instrument can subsequently measure the chromaticity of a particular artifact.
  This calibrates the nucleotide mutation rate for two mutagenesis centers, implies significance criteria for positional cloning efforts, and provides working estimates of effective genetic target sizes for selected phenotypes.
  The standards are necessary to calibrate the system and ensure accuracy.
  It is clearly important to have a precise C-value as a standard, as without this it is impossible to calibrate all other species accurately.
  Units must conduct and track services on all categories of unit equipment and must calibrate tools.
  Bevalac beams were used to calibrate and check out scientific equipment due to be carried on satellites or shuttle missions, and Bevalac experiments led to a better assessment of the risks associated with space flights.
  The calorimeter was calibrated electrically.
  When this happens, the clock is said to be properly calibrated or accurate or synchronized with the standard clock.
  The locations of the science targets identified before the self-calibration are also calibrated to centimeter-level accuracy.
  The Toro Co. unveiled the Toro Sprayer Calibration Tool, a computer-based tool to help check and calibrate sprayers as well as calculate product and water mixing rates.
  The assay was performed according to the manufacturer's protocol and was calibrated with five standards ranging from 0.5 to 50 ng/mL.
  This sounds a little simplistic, but you'd be surprised how many airplanes out there haven't had their static systems checked or VORs calibrated.
  To ensure rootworm control results, application equipment should be accurately calibrated to deliver the recommended rate.
  Once a year, scientists will perform a health check to monitor ‘critical systems, calibrate instruments and perform course corrections, if necessary’.
  Synonyms
  classify, class, categorize, bracket, sort, group, order, arrange, type, pigeonhole, brand, size
2. 1.2 Adjust (experimental results) to take external factors into account or to allow comparison with other data.
  调整（实验结果），调节
  Example sentencesExamples
  Thanks to its extensive research operation, Fianna Fail had a much clearer picture of the electorate, which allowed them to calibrate their message carefully and to monitor and tweak it during the course of the campaign.
  They have mapped out their life and career changes months or even years in advance, each time carefully calibrating and adjusting for the implications.
  The system is calibrated to account for different camera locations in each park.
  He was concerned that mistakes could be made which could cost the public money and wanted to know if the systems employed had been properly calibrated and checked.
  Although the two men pose for the picture, they, too, are props, for this image is not so much a double portrait as a carefully calibrated technical experiment.
  But except under extraordinary circumstances, we had best focus on creating stability by calibrating the balance of power among states rather than revamping the balance of forces within them.
  I suppose I should have stopped, if only because it seemed in such poor taste, calibrating my body's improvement as Dad's withered away.
  It is impossible to calibrate influence but it seems likely the main impact of Mason and his cohorts was to talent spot young people in whom they saw potential.
  You may also check the final result in different browsers, a very important step that allows you to calibrate the web site for maximum compatibility.
  Huckabay advocates using ‘adjusted range factors,’ which calibrate for pitching staffs, ballpark effects, and so on.
  In particular, the Constitution, which British journalists regularly confuse with the Declaration of Independence, is calibrated so as to correct the arithmetical simplicities of an undifferentiated popular will.
  Each and every time, we mentally calibrate the results.
  The result is a competitive balance so well calibrated it's possible for any team to win.
  It would be an interesting social experiment to calibrate both the academic and student intake on campuses according to the latest poll results and census surveys.
  So voters may want to send all sorts of messages and deliver a whole range of finely calibrated judgments next month - but we cannot.
  A finely calibrated appreciation of weather is the result of Ritchie's four decades at the nets.
  Regardless of the macroevolutionary issues at stake, most students of biodiversity would agree that there is value in calibrating global biodiversity trends through critical intervals.
  It conveys no information other than how scared the government thinks you ought to be at this particular juncture, therefore allowing the government to calibrate the national mood with more precision than is usual.
  Synonyms
  modify, alter, regulate, tune, fine-tune, balance
3. 1.3 Carefully assess, set, or adjust (something abstract)
  the regulators cannot properly calibrate the risks involved
  Example sentencesExamples
  That is how the merits of technology are calibrated.
  And therefore, we can't calibrate our intelligence with our action.
  Instead, her defiance of emergency rule has been carefully calibrated.
  The closing Obama speech is cautious, calibrated to cement the inroads he has made with voters whose comfort level with him has grown.
  Once in awhile, you'll also catch the cook sampling the wok's contents to calibrate your order.
  Like so much else that he wrote, 'A Golden Wedding' was precisely calibrated against contemporary taste.
  The senior official said the proposals are calibrated to protect sovereignty.
  The nightlife in any city is to be calibrated by its accessibility to the largest population groups.
  I could have calibrated those words differently.
  We'll be calibrating a lot over the next few weeks.
  "All necessary resources will be deployed to meet the threat, calibrated to how it unfolds," he said.
  We have a way of calibrating the sporting public's view of a team's odds.
  The campaign also initially failed to calibrate their message to voters who pride themselves on making informed decisions.
  Surely this subverts quite clearly the idea that mainstream British culture is something straightforward and easily calibrated.
  It also set rules calibrating how quickly troops may increase their use of force to lethal levels, the general said.
  But the album is so perfectly calibrated to ensure big sales that it's difficult not to straight out detest the record.
  But the lovely piano music, calibrated for conversation, and a fine dry martini helped us forgive and forget.
  On the one hand, it's a subtly calibrated work of psychological imagination.
  In the end it was respect for Bacon's carefully calibrated performance that kept me in my seat.
  But I do know that over time I have been able to calibrate my eye pretty well.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from caliber + -ate.

单词	calibrate
释义	Definition of calibrate in English: calibrate verb ˈkalɪbreɪtˈkæləˌbreɪt [with object] 1Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings. 标定（标尺，仪器） the depth gauge is calibrated in centimetres Example sentencesExamples The model was calibrated on the basis of the similar experimental results. All sensors are calibrated to a common reference frame, and can be used interchangeably with the same measurement program. On arrival in Penobscot Bay they set up their equipment, calibrated their clocks with other astronomical observations, and confidently awaited the eclipse. Statistical sampling methods are just like any other kind of scientific instrument in that they must be calibrated against known results. Computer software is used to calibrate the strain gauge and calculate blood flow measurements in the leg. The coverage also includes the different tools available for calibrating your monitor and the differences between the various tools. Yes, but the sensors were calibrated to detect microbursts which have much shorter wavelengths. The clocks were calibrated taking observations of the Sun and of a star. The arrow indicates the point at which the molecular clock is calibrated (140 MYA) The new finding by Wikelski and colleagues suggests that the songbirds' magnetic compass is calibrated, perhaps on a daily basis, by visual cues. Reference data aids analysis and interpretation of remotely sensed data; calibrates sensors; and verifies information extracted from remote sensing data. The CO 2 monitors were calibrated bi-weekly with CO 2 standards. The species in both genera are perennials, thus minimizing the effect of generation time on substitution rates, while all other slower rates were calibrated for trees or shrubs. Each gauge is calibrated such that at a glance you can read how many ounces are in a bottle. To calibrate chlorophyll meter readings, it is best to have one or more strips in the field with nitrogen applied at a rate high enough to be non-yield limiting to serve as a reference. Temperature sensors were calibrated on several occasions against a standard thermometer. In the absence of an adequate fossil record, geological events, rather than the first appearances of sister taxa in the geological record, are often used to calibrate molecular clocks. Both flow meters were calibrated against a bubble meter. Light meters are calibrated to give you good exposure for subjects of average brightness; fortunately, most outdoor subjects are of average brightness. Synonyms compute, work out, reckon, figure, enumerate, determine, evaluate, quantify, assess, cost, put a figure on 1.1 Correlate the readings of (an instrument) with those of a standard in order to check the instrument's accuracy. 校准（仪器的刻度） a separate control experiment is then carried out to calibrate the calorimeter Example sentencesExamples Units must conduct and track services on all categories of unit equipment and must calibrate tools. Included with the samples of unknown composition are known samples, called standards, against which the unknowns can be checked and calibrated. This calibrates the nucleotide mutation rate for two mutagenesis centers, implies significance criteria for positional cloning efforts, and provides working estimates of effective genetic target sizes for selected phenotypes. Correctly calibrate the sprayer and check the nozzle output and adjustment before adding herbicide to a tank. Once a year, scientists will perform a health check to monitor ‘critical systems, calibrate instruments and perform course corrections, if necessary’. The calorimeter was calibrated using solid standards from Calorimetry Sciences Corporation as well as aqueous dispersions of highly pure disaturated PCs prepared in this laboratory. The assay was performed according to the manufacturer's protocol and was calibrated with five standards ranging from 0.5 to 50 ng/mL. These results are permanently calibrated with international standards. The calorimeter was calibrated electrically. The size of the finite element model width and depth were calibrated to provide correct correlation to the pile load test data. It is clearly important to have a precise C-value as a standard, as without this it is impossible to calibrate all other species accurately. The Toro Co. unveiled the Toro Sprayer Calibration Tool, a computer-based tool to help check and calibrate sprayers as well as calculate product and water mixing rates. This sounds a little simplistic, but you'd be surprised how many airplanes out there haven't had their static systems checked or VORs calibrated. Bevalac beams were used to calibrate and check out scientific equipment due to be carried on satellites or shuttle missions, and Bevalac experiments led to a better assessment of the risks associated with space flights. When this happens, the clock is said to be properly calibrated or accurate or synchronized with the standard clock. All sensor readings must be checked and calibrated. The locations of the science targets identified before the self-calibration are also calibrated to centimeter-level accuracy. Although this approach might be useful for establishing the errors on the correlation function after calibrating the instrument, it reveals little about the underlying mechanisms of noise. The standards are necessary to calibrate the system and ensure accuracy. So even though we can calibrate an instrument very accurately against an incandescent source, we don't know how well the instrument can subsequently measure the chromaticity of a particular artifact. To ensure rootworm control results, application equipment should be accurately calibrated to deliver the recommended rate. Synonyms classify, class, categorize, bracket, sort, group, order, arrange, type, pigeonhole, brand, size 1.2 Adjust (experimental results) to take external factors into account or to allow comparison with other data. 调整（实验结果），调节 the radiocarbon results would need to be calibrated to convert them to calendar ages Example sentencesExamples Regardless of the macroevolutionary issues at stake, most students of biodiversity would agree that there is value in calibrating global biodiversity trends through critical intervals. Although the two men pose for the picture, they, too, are props, for this image is not so much a double portrait as a carefully calibrated technical experiment. It would be an interesting social experiment to calibrate both the academic and student intake on campuses according to the latest poll results and census surveys. But except under extraordinary circumstances, we had best focus on creating stability by calibrating the balance of power among states rather than revamping the balance of forces within them. The system is calibrated to account for different camera locations in each park. So voters may want to send all sorts of messages and deliver a whole range of finely calibrated judgments next month - but we cannot. Huckabay advocates using ‘adjusted range factors,’ which calibrate for pitching staffs, ballpark effects, and so on. The result is a competitive balance so well calibrated it's possible for any team to win. Each and every time, we mentally calibrate the results. It conveys no information other than how scared the government thinks you ought to be at this particular juncture, therefore allowing the government to calibrate the national mood with more precision than is usual. It is impossible to calibrate influence but it seems likely the main impact of Mason and his cohorts was to talent spot young people in whom they saw potential. You may also check the final result in different browsers, a very important step that allows you to calibrate the web site for maximum compatibility. In particular, the Constitution, which British journalists regularly confuse with the Declaration of Independence, is calibrated so as to correct the arithmetical simplicities of an undifferentiated popular will. They have mapped out their life and career changes months or even years in advance, each time carefully calibrating and adjusting for the implications. Thanks to its extensive research operation, Fianna Fail had a much clearer picture of the electorate, which allowed them to calibrate their message carefully and to monitor and tweak it during the course of the campaign. He was concerned that mistakes could be made which could cost the public money and wanted to know if the systems employed had been properly calibrated and checked. A finely calibrated appreciation of weather is the result of Ritchie's four decades at the nets. I suppose I should have stopped, if only because it seemed in such poor taste, calibrating my body's improvement as Dad's withered away. Synonyms modify, alter, regulate, tune, fine-tune, balance 1.3 Carefully assess, set, or adjust (something abstract) the regulators cannot properly calibrate the risks involved Example sentencesExamples It also set rules calibrating how quickly troops may increase their use of force to lethal levels, the general said. I could have calibrated those words differently. And therefore, we can't calibrate our intelligence with our action. We have a way of calibrating the sporting public's view of a team's odds. On the one hand, it's a subtly calibrated work of psychological imagination. In the end it was respect for Bacon's carefully calibrated performance that kept me in my seat. Once in awhile, you'll also catch the cook sampling the wok's contents to calibrate your order. The senior official said the proposals are calibrated to protect sovereignty. The campaign also initially failed to calibrate their message to voters who pride themselves on making informed decisions. We'll be calibrating a lot over the next few weeks. That is how the merits of technology are calibrated. But the lovely piano music, calibrated for conversation, and a fine dry martini helped us forgive and forget. The closing Obama speech is cautious, calibrated to cement the inroads he has made with voters whose comfort level with him has grown. Like so much else that he wrote, 'A Golden Wedding' was precisely calibrated against contemporary taste. The nightlife in any city is to be calibrated by its accessibility to the largest population groups. But the album is so perfectly calibrated to ensure big sales that it's difficult not to straight out detest the record. Surely this subverts quite clearly the idea that mainstream British culture is something straightforward and easily calibrated. Instead, her defiance of emergency rule has been carefully calibrated. But I do know that over time I have been able to calibrate my eye pretty well. "All necessary resources will be deployed to meet the threat, calibrated to how it unfolds," he said. Derivatives calibrator noun Elsewhere on the diagnostics page were instruments; quality controls, calibrators, and standards; and kits and reagents. Example sentencesExamples Owing to the lack of widely used calibrators for some assays and the imprecision of the individual assay methods, it is difficult to define a single cutoff value for risk that will apply to all methods. If manufacturer's directions are NOT followed, state stepwise instructions including number, type, concentration of calibrators, acceptable limits, frequency, and reportable range for patient results. Three internal calibrators (low, medium, and high RNA concentrations) and total plasma nucleic acids are extracted simultaneously with test samples in each set of testing. The authors and other laboratorians hope that manufacturers use as primary calibrators solutions of SRM 916, or its equivalent, in human serum; secondary calibration should be traceable to primary calibrators. Whole blood calibrators were prepared and all analyses included 1-propanol as the internal standard. Many instruments are ‘open,’ meaning they can use reagents and calibrators from thirdparty manufacturers. Secondary calibrators are usually serum-based and the analyte concentrations less precisely determined by running many times against a former secondary calibrator or a primary calibrator. The absorbance values and antigen concentration of the calibrators were plotted against each other semilogarithmically, and the results of the control and patient samples were deduced from this graph. Such specimens may be used by instrument manufacturers as standards for calibrating bilirubin methods and for assigning values to calibrators provided to instrument users. Local on-site calibration was performed using frozen plasma calibrators to determine ISI values for each thromboplastin. A methanolic stock standard prepared from pure gaseous difluoroethane was used to prepare whole blood calibrators. All analyses were performed with reagents, calibrators, and controls from the instrument manufacturers and according to their published instructions. Using the known HCV RNA concentrations for the four calibrators and the determined ratios, establish a standard curve relating measured peak ratio to HCV viral load. A standard curve is constructed based on calibrators of known concentration. There are piles of peelers and small can-opener mountains; coffee machines and calibrators of all kinds compete for house room. Two calibrators and two negative controls were included in each test run. The precision assessment was performed as a quality control using the 15-point titration calibrators to qualify new slide lots and generate quality metrics for each client project. All study assays were performed according to manufacturers' recommendations; calibrators, standards, and controls for assays were utilized according to laboratory approved procedures. This will entice manufacturers to improve the accuracy of their methods by using more accurate calibrators. Origin Mid 19th century: from calibre + -ate³. Definition of calibrate in US English: calibrate verbˈkæləˌbreɪtˈkaləˌbrāt [with object] 1Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings. 标定（标尺，仪器） Example sentencesExamples Reference data aids analysis and interpretation of remotely sensed data; calibrates sensors; and verifies information extracted from remote sensing data. Both flow meters were calibrated against a bubble meter. On arrival in Penobscot Bay they set up their equipment, calibrated their clocks with other astronomical observations, and confidently awaited the eclipse. Temperature sensors were calibrated on several occasions against a standard thermometer. To calibrate chlorophyll meter readings, it is best to have one or more strips in the field with nitrogen applied at a rate high enough to be non-yield limiting to serve as a reference. All sensors are calibrated to a common reference frame, and can be used interchangeably with the same measurement program. Yes, but the sensors were calibrated to detect microbursts which have much shorter wavelengths. The model was calibrated on the basis of the similar experimental results. Each gauge is calibrated such that at a glance you can read how many ounces are in a bottle. The clocks were calibrated taking observations of the Sun and of a star. In the absence of an adequate fossil record, geological events, rather than the first appearances of sister taxa in the geological record, are often used to calibrate molecular clocks. The species in both genera are perennials, thus minimizing the effect of generation time on substitution rates, while all other slower rates were calibrated for trees or shrubs. Light meters are calibrated to give you good exposure for subjects of average brightness; fortunately, most outdoor subjects are of average brightness. Computer software is used to calibrate the strain gauge and calculate blood flow measurements in the leg. The CO 2 monitors were calibrated bi-weekly with CO 2 standards. The new finding by Wikelski and colleagues suggests that the songbirds' magnetic compass is calibrated, perhaps on a daily basis, by visual cues. The arrow indicates the point at which the molecular clock is calibrated (140 MYA) The coverage also includes the different tools available for calibrating your monitor and the differences between the various tools. Statistical sampling methods are just like any other kind of scientific instrument in that they must be calibrated against known results. Synonyms compute, work out, reckon, figure, enumerate, determine, evaluate, quantify, assess, cost, put a figure on 1.1 Correlate the readings of (an instrument) with those of a standard in order to check the instrument's accuracy. 校准（仪器的刻度） Example sentencesExamples Included with the samples of unknown composition are known samples, called standards, against which the unknowns can be checked and calibrated. All sensor readings must be checked and calibrated. These results are permanently calibrated with international standards. The calorimeter was calibrated using solid standards from Calorimetry Sciences Corporation as well as aqueous dispersions of highly pure disaturated PCs prepared in this laboratory. The size of the finite element model width and depth were calibrated to provide correct correlation to the pile load test data. Correctly calibrate the sprayer and check the nozzle output and adjustment before adding herbicide to a tank. Although this approach might be useful for establishing the errors on the correlation function after calibrating the instrument, it reveals little about the underlying mechanisms of noise. So even though we can calibrate an instrument very accurately against an incandescent source, we don't know how well the instrument can subsequently measure the chromaticity of a particular artifact. This calibrates the nucleotide mutation rate for two mutagenesis centers, implies significance criteria for positional cloning efforts, and provides working estimates of effective genetic target sizes for selected phenotypes. The standards are necessary to calibrate the system and ensure accuracy. It is clearly important to have a precise C-value as a standard, as without this it is impossible to calibrate all other species accurately. Units must conduct and track services on all categories of unit equipment and must calibrate tools. Bevalac beams were used to calibrate and check out scientific equipment due to be carried on satellites or shuttle missions, and Bevalac experiments led to a better assessment of the risks associated with space flights. The calorimeter was calibrated electrically. When this happens, the clock is said to be properly calibrated or accurate or synchronized with the standard clock. The locations of the science targets identified before the self-calibration are also calibrated to centimeter-level accuracy. The Toro Co. unveiled the Toro Sprayer Calibration Tool, a computer-based tool to help check and calibrate sprayers as well as calculate product and water mixing rates. The assay was performed according to the manufacturer's protocol and was calibrated with five standards ranging from 0.5 to 50 ng/mL. This sounds a little simplistic, but you'd be surprised how many airplanes out there haven't had their static systems checked or VORs calibrated. To ensure rootworm control results, application equipment should be accurately calibrated to deliver the recommended rate. Once a year, scientists will perform a health check to monitor ‘critical systems, calibrate instruments and perform course corrections, if necessary’. Synonyms classify, class, categorize, bracket, sort, group, order, arrange, type, pigeonhole, brand, size 1.2 Adjust (experimental results) to take external factors into account or to allow comparison with other data. 调整（实验结果），调节 Example sentencesExamples Thanks to its extensive research operation, Fianna Fail had a much clearer picture of the electorate, which allowed them to calibrate their message carefully and to monitor and tweak it during the course of the campaign. They have mapped out their life and career changes months or even years in advance, each time carefully calibrating and adjusting for the implications. The system is calibrated to account for different camera locations in each park. He was concerned that mistakes could be made which could cost the public money and wanted to know if the systems employed had been properly calibrated and checked. Although the two men pose for the picture, they, too, are props, for this image is not so much a double portrait as a carefully calibrated technical experiment. But except under extraordinary circumstances, we had best focus on creating stability by calibrating the balance of power among states rather than revamping the balance of forces within them. I suppose I should have stopped, if only because it seemed in such poor taste, calibrating my body's improvement as Dad's withered away. It is impossible to calibrate influence but it seems likely the main impact of Mason and his cohorts was to talent spot young people in whom they saw potential. You may also check the final result in different browsers, a very important step that allows you to calibrate the web site for maximum compatibility. Huckabay advocates using ‘adjusted range factors,’ which calibrate for pitching staffs, ballpark effects, and so on. In particular, the Constitution, which British journalists regularly confuse with the Declaration of Independence, is calibrated so as to correct the arithmetical simplicities of an undifferentiated popular will. Each and every time, we mentally calibrate the results. The result is a competitive balance so well calibrated it's possible for any team to win. It would be an interesting social experiment to calibrate both the academic and student intake on campuses according to the latest poll results and census surveys. So voters may want to send all sorts of messages and deliver a whole range of finely calibrated judgments next month - but we cannot. A finely calibrated appreciation of weather is the result of Ritchie's four decades at the nets. Regardless of the macroevolutionary issues at stake, most students of biodiversity would agree that there is value in calibrating global biodiversity trends through critical intervals. It conveys no information other than how scared the government thinks you ought to be at this particular juncture, therefore allowing the government to calibrate the national mood with more precision than is usual. Synonyms modify, alter, regulate, tune, fine-tune, balance 1.3 Carefully assess, set, or adjust (something abstract) the regulators cannot properly calibrate the risks involved Example sentencesExamples That is how the merits of technology are calibrated. And therefore, we can't calibrate our intelligence with our action. Instead, her defiance of emergency rule has been carefully calibrated. The closing Obama speech is cautious, calibrated to cement the inroads he has made with voters whose comfort level with him has grown. Once in awhile, you'll also catch the cook sampling the wok's contents to calibrate your order. Like so much else that he wrote, 'A Golden Wedding' was precisely calibrated against contemporary taste. The senior official said the proposals are calibrated to protect sovereignty. The nightlife in any city is to be calibrated by its accessibility to the largest population groups. I could have calibrated those words differently. We'll be calibrating a lot over the next few weeks. "All necessary resources will be deployed to meet the threat, calibrated to how it unfolds," he said. We have a way of calibrating the sporting public's view of a team's odds. The campaign also initially failed to calibrate their message to voters who pride themselves on making informed decisions. Surely this subverts quite clearly the idea that mainstream British culture is something straightforward and easily calibrated. It also set rules calibrating how quickly troops may increase their use of force to lethal levels, the general said. But the album is so perfectly calibrated to ensure big sales that it's difficult not to straight out detest the record. But the lovely piano music, calibrated for conversation, and a fine dry martini helped us forgive and forget. On the one hand, it's a subtly calibrated work of psychological imagination. In the end it was respect for Bacon's carefully calibrated performance that kept me in my seat. But I do know that over time I have been able to calibrate my eye pretty well. Origin Mid 19th century: from caliber + -ate.
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