Dictionary Entry
calibration
calibration is a 11-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 2 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument
"the thermometer needed calibration"
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