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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument;
- Example: "the thermometer needed calibration"
[syn: calibration, standardization, standardisation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Calibration \Cal`ibra"*tion\, 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

calibration n 1: the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; "the thermometer needed calibration" [syn: calibration, standardization, standardisation]