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Definition of "calibration" []

  • The act or process of calibrating or the state of being calibrated. (noun)
  • A set of gradations that show positions or values. Often used in the plural: the calibrations on a pressure gauge. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "calibration" in a sentence
  • "To do this, Wahl and Amman came up with a value which they called a calibration/verification RE ratio."
  • "And so I'd say that piece of it which we call calibration is coming in and just helping people understand where they are so they can start to improve."
  • "So now the next step in what they describe as their calibration procedure, we have Stone down here."