calibrate

verb

1. make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring

   verb.change

   Examples

   Calibrate an instrument.

   Synonyms fine-tune graduate

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units

   verb.contact

   Examples

   He calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. measure the caliber of

   verb.cognition

   Examples

   Calibrate a gun.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. 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.

   verb

   Source: webster1913