Definitions for: Calibration

[n] the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; "the thermometer needed calibration"

Webster (1913) Definition: Cal`ibra"*tion, n.
The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a
thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of
degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true
value of the spaces in any graduated instrument.

Synonyms: standardisation, standardization

See Also: adjustment, investigating, investigation, readjustment, registration, tuning

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