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Calibrated

adjective

Marked with or divided into degrees. Synonym: graduated.

Calibrate

verb

Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring. Synonyms: fine-tune, graduate. "Graduate a cylinder"

Mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units.

Measure the caliber of.

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... Specific acupuncture points can be tested in conjunction with muscle strength to indicate the condition of specific organs or glands. The strength of the arm's resistance to downward pressure could be calibrated with a spring scale and precisely gauged, but experienced practitioners have no need for this bother, because they are able to pick up subtle changes in the arms resistance that are not apparent to the testee. ...

— How and When to Be Your Own Doctor • Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon

... second level; this may most efficiently be determined by calibrating the tube prior to its use. Sir T. E. Thorpe employed a barometer tube 96 cm. long, and determined the volume from the closed end for a distance of about 35 mm. by weighing in mercury; below this mark it was calibrated in the ordinary way so that a scale reading gave the volume at once. The calculation is effected ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 - "Demijohn" to "Destructor" • Various

... a long way in the century from the days when teams of surveyors poked a hollow, calibrated aluminum tube into the snow pack and then read depth and weighed both tube and contents to determine ...

— The Thirst Quenchers • Rick Raphael

... however, was coming along. The little gun had a very precisely calibrated fast-acting stunner attachment, and old Runser Argee had instructed Trigger in its use with his customary thoroughness before he formally presented her with the gun. She had never had occasion to turn the stunner on a human ...

— Legacy • James H Schmitz