| CAL | mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units |
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| CAL | marked with or divided into degrees |
| CAL | the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument |
| CAL | a degree or grade of excellence or worth |
| CAL | diameter of a tube or gun barrel |
| CAL | nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru |
| CAL | crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions |
| CAL | covered with caliche, a hard calcium-carbonate encrusted soil |
| CAL | coarse cloth with a bright print |
| CAL | made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned |
| CAL | a variety of aster |
| CAL | a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers |