Thesaurus results for CALIBRATES

calibrates

verb

present tense third-person singular of calibrate

as in measures

to determine the correct value of (something) The age of the tree was calibrated from the carbon dating data.

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Recent Examples of calibrates The company calibrates screen uniformity at the factory and uses software compensation to maintain performance as the display ages. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 As per usual with Sonos, the Beam delivers an immersive sound that calibrates itself to the room its in. — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 8 July 2026 Sunlight calibrates the same master clock that’s triggering your dip. — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026 San Diego County calibrates scales used for weighing precious metals. — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026 The survey calibrates and releases data that anyone can download. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026 Blue beautifully calibrates Edward's transformation, aided by Jason Orlenko's costume design, moving from a prep school graduate's outfit to a slinky look in the final scene. — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 20 Oct. 2025 The VitaFreshPro system calibrates temperature settings for different food zones, while dual compressors eliminate odor transfer between compartments. — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 29 Aug. 2025 The system reads the current and calibrates it to reflect an estimate of blood alcohol concentration, or BAC. — Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2016

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The minimum safe thickness is a threshold that measures a tank’s ability to contain the pressure of the liquid and support the tank’s weight, the report said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
According to Society For American Baseball Research (SABR) Defensive Index, the club measures favorably at each infield position.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of measures

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Nature computes, and one result is the code through which matter becomes a living, adaptive, self-organizing form.

— Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
The transaction processing at your checkout is fully automated, operating within AI systems that handle millions of payments simultaneously, and computes a risk score based on dozens of features extracted from that single moment.

— Pragati Awasthi, The Conversation, 26 May 2026

Definition of computes

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Essentially a form of computational fluid dynamics, the simulation divides the flow passages into a very large number of tiny regions and calculates things such as velocity, pressure, turbulence, and temperature throughout the component.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
The directors instructed Jantzen earlier this month to develop a plan to overhaul the assessment process after board members raised concerns about how the district calculates the charges.

— Haley Parsley August 28, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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