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Calibrate

Calibrate

1. To graduate or standardise any measuring instrument.

2. To measure the diameter of a tubular structure.


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How Laughter and Storytelling calibrate our Social Morals.

... are in tune with the rest of the group. So we can't be taken advantage of and we don't make costly social errors. This means we have to constantly calibrate our social sensitivities to those of the group. Evolution has selected for a liking of listening to social narratives, because in a stone-age ...

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by adriaanb
Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:50 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: How Laughter and Storytelling calibrate our Social Morals.
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Views: 900

Biomedical science

... Pathology and molecular biology. Phew! In the labs we do lots of things. You will probably start off doing simple pipetting exercises, Learn to calibrate the Gilson pipette, etc. You will then go on doing things like protein assays and electrophoresis. 3rd year we were doing lots of things like ...

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by Katy_Bobbles
Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:09 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Biomedical science
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URGENT!!! Please Help!

We had to calibrate the eyepiece micromer today and determine the size of the cells of the following: spirulina, unicellular green alga, paramecium, amoeba wood (secondary xylem). I have messed it up. Now need to submit a report ...

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by elenah78
Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:23 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: URGENT!!! Please Help!
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Views: 802


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