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# calibrated

«calibrated» in Mova's school dictionary: **Checked and adjusted so that it measures exactly right** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb, past form of calibrate (calibrate, calibrates, calibrated, calibrating); adjective (calibrated)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (science) Checked and adjusted so that it measures exactly right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calibrated/#m1)

2) Marked with a scale of numbers for measuring: a calibrated cylinder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calibrated/#m2)

3) Carefully planned or adjusted for a purpose: a carefully calibrated answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calibrated/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, measuring cylinders, thermometers and scales are calibrated. Before an experiment, you check that a balance reads 0 when empty. In everyday life, a calibrated oven or tyre gauge gives correct numbers.

### examples

- The thermometer was calibrated in ice water at 0 °C. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calibrated/#x1)
- Use a calibrated measuring cylinder to measure 50 ml. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calibrated/#x2)
- The scales were calibrated before the weigh-in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calibrated/#x3)
- The engineers calibrated the sensors on the robot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calibrated/#x4)
- Her words were carefully calibrated not to upset anyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calibrated/#x5)

### note

Noun: calibration. Maths and science: a badly calibrated scale that reads 2 g too heavy will make every reading 2 g too much, so you subtract 2.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «calibrated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calibrated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.