| NOUN | act | calibration, standardization, standardisation | the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument |
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| Sounds | kae.lahbrey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument. | |
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| Example | "the thermometer needed calibration" | |
| Synonyms | standardization, standardisation | |
| Narrower | adjustment, registration, readjustment | The act of adjusting something to match a standard |
| tuning | (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency | |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
| Spanish | calibración, calibraje, normalización | |
| Catalan | calibratge | |
| Verbs | 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 | |
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