Calibration

[kælɪ'breɪʃ(ə)n] or [,kælɪ'breʃən]

Definition

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

Typist: Millie--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

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