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intercalibrate

intercalibrate verb: to calibrate by means of mutual comparison.

Verb

intercalibrate (third-person singular simple present intercalibrates, present participle intercalibrating, simple past and past participle intercalibrated)

  1. (transitive) To calibrate by means of mutual comparison.

Forms of intercalibrate

third-person singular presentintercalibrates
present participleintercalibrating
past participleintercalibrated
pastintercalibrated

Origin of intercalibrate

From inter- + calibrate.

Questions about intercalibrate

What does intercalibrate mean?
Intercalibrate means to calibrate by means of mutual comparison.
What part of speech is intercalibrate?
Intercalibrate is a verb.
What is the past tense of intercalibrate?
The past tense of intercalibrate is intercalibrated.

Words near intercalibrate in the dictionary

  1. intercalative
  2. intercalatively
  3. intercalator
  4. intercalators
  5. intercalatory
  6. intercalibrate
  7. intercalibrated
  8. intercalibrates
  9. intercalibrating
  10. intercalibration
  11. intercalibrations

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