Re: Most annoying word

[eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com]

techwr-l-bounces+eric -dot- dunn=ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com 
wrote on 03/01/2006 12:09:05 AM:
> I guess you and the editors at Merriam aren't shooters.  The firearms
> industry and gunsmithing trade has used "accurize" for quite some time
> to describe the process of adjusting or otherwise modifying a firearm
> after manufacturing to tighten its tolerances and improve consistency
> and accuracy beyond original factory specs.

?!?

I've always known that as zeroing "1 : to determine or adjust the zero of 
(as a rifle)" 
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=zeroing&x=11&y=12

But is really just adjusting "1 a : to bring to a more satisfactory state:
" http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/adjusting
or calibrating: "4 : to adjust precisely for a particular function" 
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/calibrating

With three perfectly good verbs, who needs yet another?

Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer

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