calibrating
SayKAL-uh-brayt-ingUS/ˈkæl.ə.bɹeɪt.ɪŋ/AUS/ˈkæl.ə.bɹæɪt.ɪŋ/UKKAL-i-brayt-ing/ˈkæl.ɪ.bɹeɪt.ɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of calibrate.
Technicians were calibrating the air-quality sensors against a reference sample.
Calibrating the scale on each brass gauge by hand took the instrument maker most of a week.
Note
Workshop and laboratory language at heart: calibrating an instrument means checking or adjusting it by comparison with a known standard, so its natural partner is against (calibrating the sensors against a reference). It can also mean marking the scale on a gauge, or measuring the caliber, the inner width, of a tube or gun. The silent e of calibrate drops before -ing.
calibrating is a form of calibrate
calibrate, verb: To check or adjust something by comparing it with a standard. Full entry
- Forms
- calibratecalibrates he/she/itcalibrating -ing formcalibrated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- calibrate → calibrating: drop the e, add -ing
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