CALIBRATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument

Example:

the thermometer needed calibration

Synonyms:

calibration; standardisation; standardization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("calibration" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calibration"):

tuning ((music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency)

adjustment; readjustment; registration (the act of adjusting something to match a standard)

Derivation:

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)