| Definition of 'calibration' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) calibration, standardization, standardisation
the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument
"the thermometer needed calibration"
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| Definition of 'calibration' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) calibration
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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| Definition of 'calibration' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. calibration
Determination, by measurement or comparison with a standard, of the correct value of each scale reading on a meter or other measuring instrument; or determination of the settings of a control device that correspond to particular values of voltage, current, frequency or other output.
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| Definition of 'calibration' |
The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. calibration
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.
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