Hyphenation of calibrate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word calibrate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

cal-i-brate

Definitions of calibrate:

1.	Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring Calibrate an instrument Graduate a cylinder
2.	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
3.	Measure the caliber of Calibrate a gun

Synonyms of calibrate:

verb	graduate, fine-tune, adjust, set, correct
verb	tag, label, mark
verb	measure, mensurate, measure out

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