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Calibrate

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.

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Adjust 76% connected

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

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Correct 76% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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Label 76% connected

A tassel.

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Measure 76% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

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Mensurate 76% connected

To measure.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Tag 76% connected

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

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Calibration 74% connected

The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the dete…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Calibration 74% connected

The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the dete…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Gauge 74% connected

To measure or determine with a gauge.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Gauge 74% connected

To measure or determine with a gauge.

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Graduate 92% connected

To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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