CALIBRATION

calibration, standardization, standardisation

(noun) the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; “the thermometer needed calibration”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

calibration (countable and uncountable, plural calibrations)

The act of calibrating something.

Source: Wiktionary


Cal`ibra"*tion, n.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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