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Where does “calibrer” come from?

calibrer (French) comes from Italian calibrare — to calibrate; to tailor.

calibrer (French): to calibrate; to grade

Definitions

  1. to calibrate; to grade

Ancestry of “calibrer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancalibrareto calibrate; to tailor

Words derived from “calibrer”

  • calibration
  • caliber
  • cal
  • calibre
  • calibrate
  • calipers
  • recalibration
  • recalibrate
  • calibrator
  • intercalibration
  • caliver
  • autocalibration
  • miscalibration
  • subcaliber
  • subcalibre
  • calibratable
  • intercalibrate
  • crosscalibration
  • miscalibrate
  • monocaliber
  • polycaliber
  • decalibrate
  • multicalibre
  • multicaliber
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