calibrate

Verb

• measure the caliber of
  • calibrate a gun
    

• mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units
  • he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale
    

• make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
  • calibrate an instrument
    
  • graduate a cylinder
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  graduate , fine-tune