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Calibration   /kˌæləbrˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Calibration

noun
1.
The act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument.  Synonyms: standardisation, standardization.





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"Calibration" Quotes from Famous Books



... Leeds & Northrup Company, of Philadelphia. The conditions to be met were that the thermometers should take rapidly the temperature of the ingoing and outcoming water and that the fluctuations in temperature difference as measured by the resistance thermometers should be controlled for calibration purposes by the differences in temperature of ...
— Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man • Francis Gano Benedict


Words linked to "Calibration" :   standardization, registration, readjustment, calibrate, standardisation, adjustment, tuning, activity


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