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 →

2) Marked with a scale of numbers for measuring: a calibrated cylinder. tree →

3) Carefully planned or adjusted for a purpose: a carefully calibrated answer. tree →

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 →
• Use a calibrated measuring cylinder to measure 50 ml. tree →
• The scales were calibrated before the weigh-in. tree →
• The engineers calibrated the sensors on the robot. tree →
• Her words were carefully calibrated not to upset anyone. tree →

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.