"calibration" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæl.əˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/ [General-American], /ˈkæl.əˈbɹæɪ.ʃən/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-calibration.wav [Southern-England] Forms: calibrations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: calibrate + -ion Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|calibrate|ion}} calibrate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} calibration (countable and uncountable, plural calibrations)
  1. The act of calibrating something. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: autocalibration, crosscalibration, intercalibration, miscalibration, recalibration Related terms: calibre, calibrate Translations (act of calibrating): معايرة (Arabic), калибро́вка (kalibróvka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), calibratge [masculine] (Catalan), 校準 (Chinese Mandarin), 校准 (jiàozhǔn) (Chinese Mandarin), 校正 (jiàozhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), kalibrace [feminine] (Czech), kalibrering [common-gender] (Danish), kalibrointi (Finnish), étalonnage [masculine] (French), calibrage [masculine] (French), Kalibrierung [feminine] (German), βαθμονόμηση (vathmonómisi) [feminine] (Greek), διαμέτρηση (diamétrisi) [feminine] (Greek), διακρίβωση (diakrívosi) [feminine] (Greek), kalibrasi (Indonesian), calibrazione (Italian), 較正 (kōsei) (alt: こうせい) (Japanese), キャリブレーション (kyariburēshon) (Japanese), 校正 (kōsei) (Japanese), 調整 (chousei) (Japanese), калибрација (kalibracija) [feminine] (Macedonian), kalibrering [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kalibrering [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), calibração [feminine] (Portuguese), calibrare [feminine] (Romanian), calibraj [neuter] (Romanian), калибро́вка (kalibróvka) [feminine] (Russian), калиброва́ние (kalibrovánije) [neuter] (Russian), calibración [feminine] (Spanish), kalibrering [common-gender] (Swedish), kalibrasyon (Turkish), kalibraj (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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