Calibration

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calibration \Cal`ibra"*tion\, n.
     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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  calibration
       n : the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a
           standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; "the
           thermometer needed calibration" [syn: {standardization},
           {standardisation}]