recalibrate
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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to correct or adjust the gradations or settings on (a measuring instrument, sensor, or other piece of precision equipment).
If your battery fuel gauge is still inaccurate after following these steps, you may need to manually recalibrate the gauge.
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to reexamine (one’s thinking, a plan, a system of values, etc.) and correct it in accord with a new understanding or purpose.
This is a government that's out of touch and refusing to recalibrate after getting a clear message from voters.
Etymology
Origin of recalibrate
Example Sentences
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Workers may have to recalibrate their skills looking ahead.
From MarketWatch
Given all of that, silver “has not lost its luster. It’s simply recalibrating,” Gule said.
From MarketWatch
He believes those expectations have since been “appropriately recalibrated,” following the stock’s recent selloff.
From Barron's
He believes those expectations have since been “appropriately recalibrated,” following the stock’s recent selloff.
From Barron's
In a speech and question-and-answer session before the National Association for Business Economics, Waller recalibrated the case he made at the January Fed policy meeting, when policymakers voted to hold rates steady at 3.50%-3.75%.
From Barron's
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