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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CALIBRATION

CALIBRATION Cal `ibra "*tion, n.

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

calibration

cal i bra tion |kaləˈbrāSHən kæləˈbreɪʃən | ▶noun the action or process of calibrating an instrument or experimental readings: the measuring devices require calibration | calibrations in the field of electronic measurements. • each of a set of graduations on an instrument.

 

Oxford Dictionary

calibration

cali |bra ¦tion |kalɪˈbreɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or process of calibrating something: the measuring devices require calibration. • [ count noun ] each of a set of graduations on an instrument.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

calibration

c à l i br á tion 名詞 1 U (計器などを用いた )測定, 調査, 調整 .2 U C (計器の )目盛り ; 計器, 測定器 .