Definition of calibrations Calibrations

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Noun Plural: calibrations
calibration - the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; "the thermometer needed calibration"
		standardization, standardisation
		activity any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"
		tuning (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency

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calibration (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.

calibration
The marking the scale of a measuring instrument so that readings can be made in appropriate units.

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The determination by experiment or calculation of the value of the readings of an instrument, such as a galvanometer or eudiometer. Thus if a tangent galvanometer has its circle graduated in degrees, a table of the value of tangents corresponding to every reading occurring in practice would represent a calibration by calculation. A determination of the current required to produce each deflection would be a calibration in the more usual sense. Calibration is generally absolute, as referring to some fixed unit, but it may be relative, as between two things both of unknown absolute value.