to recalibrate
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6.5
- verb
- /ˌriːˈkælɪˌbreɪt/
- Specialized
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recalibrar
- The technician needs to recalibrate the measurement device to ensure accurate results.
Until next time, Aria, will you recalibrate the chain whip turrets please?
- Until next time, Aria, will you recalibrate the chain whip turrets please?
- Yet his condition was so unstable and we need to recalibrate his fluid replacement every two hours.
- The rates are going to recalibrate and we're going to have to have new rates that we're going.
Examples
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Plant operations need not be interrupted to replace a component or recalibrate.
Academic text (2003) -
The camera was recalibrated every 32 trials to account for minor shifts or drifting in participants' postures.
Academic text (2018) -
There is also no need to recalibrate if power is lost.
Academic text (2005) -
I just need to recalibrate the console and make sure it's ready.
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I need you to recalibrate and report back with a target of 4.3.
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I may have to recalibrate the pneumatic systems as well.
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Once the analysis was completed, staff returned to the analyzer with the laboratory results to recalibrate it.
Academic text (2000) -
I want those starboard modules recalibrated first.
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Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm recalibrating our weapon systems.
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Participants were asked to fixate on a central fixation point between trials and were recalibrated if necessary.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
317
2.7
To change something so it is in the right position or works correctly
125
3.2
Adjust a machine or system so it works better
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6.0
To fix something that is wrong and make things right
36
6.0
Adjust a measuring instrument so it gives accurate results
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3.8
Change something or yourself again to fit a new situation
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3.9
To make a machine or instrument work better by checking and fixing it
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4.5
Adjust a musical instrument so it sounds in tune
How Adjusted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Recalibrate comes from re- meaning 'again' and calibrate, which comes from a word for 'measure', like the familiar English caliber. So to recalibrate a device is to set its measurements again so it gives correct readings.