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CALIBRATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument
Example:
the thermometer needed calibration
Synonyms:
calibration; standardisation; standardization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("calibration" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calibration"):
tuning ((music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency)
adjustment; readjustment; registration (the act of adjusting something to match a standard)
Derivation:
calibrate (make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring)
calibrate (mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units)
