calibrate

calibrate

verb

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

e.g. calibrate an instrument
graduate a cylinder

Synonym: graduatefine-tune

2. measure the caliber of

e.g. calibrate a gun

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

e.g. he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale

1. 校定，校准，调节(计量器具)
If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.

e.g. ...instructions on how to calibrate a thermometer.
如何标定温度计的说明
e.g. ...a calibrated hypodermic syringe.
标定精确刻度的皮下注射器

2. 精确测量;准确估量
If you calibrate something, you measure it accurately.

e.g. ...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
e.g. 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。

1. 校准：当PC与ECM连接时, 可以修改设置; 读取数据; 清理发动机的故障数据; 监视和测试一台正在运行的发动机; 校准(CALIBRATE)一个ECM等. 当PC和发动机不连接时, 可以查看和打印INSITETM数据库中的历史记录; 可以用该软件的求助系统来阅读联机的系统手册信息.

2. 标定：关键词:标定(calibrate) 校正 放射性失真 畸变 虚拟相机在应用机器视觉进行检测或测量时,要得到精确的测量值,需要相机CCD平面和实际检测或测量零件的表面相平行.

3. 校准,定标：CAL Continuity accept limit 连续性接受极限 | Calibrate 校准,定标 | Call 取回,复出,呼出