calibrate
verb (used with object)
to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
were calibrating
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past progressiveof calibrate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The space agency revealed the telescope’s images of the planet Jupiter, as well as an asteroid, used as reference targets when engineering teams were calibrating the observatory’s instruments.
From The Verge ● Jul. 15, 2022
Harper's on how they were calibrating the torquing degrees.
From A Woman's Place by Mark Clifton
