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Calibration

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.

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Adjustment 76% connected

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

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Readjustment 76% connected

A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.

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Registration 76% connected

The act of registering; registry; enrollment.

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Tuning 76% connected

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Calibrate 74% connected

To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards o…

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Calibrate 74% connected

To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards o…

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International System noun · 78% connection

a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and tim…

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International System of Units noun · 78% connection

a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and tim…

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Kg noun · 78% connection

one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds"

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Kilo noun · 78% connection

one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds"

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Kilogram noun · 78% connection

one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds"

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Si noun · 78% connection

a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and tim…

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SI system noun · 78% connection

a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and tim…

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SI unit noun · 78% connection

a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and tim…

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Standardisation noun · 78% connection

the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; "the thermometer needed calib…

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Standardization noun · 78% connection

the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; "the thermometer needed calib…

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Systeme International noun · 78% connection

a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and tim…

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Systeme International d'Unites noun · 78% connection

a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and tim…

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A unknown · 78% connection

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

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At preposition · 78% connection

The relation of a point or position in a series, or of degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at 80?; goods sold at a cheap…

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Bore noun · 78% connection

The size of a hole; the interior diameter of a tube or gun barrel; the caliber.

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Bulb noun · 78% connection

An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, cur…

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Calibre noun · 78% connection

The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will c…

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Celsius noun · 78% connection

The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigra…

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Degree noun · 78% connection

One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; g…

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Determination noun · 78% connection

The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the o…

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Error noun · 78% connection

The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity.

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Fahrenheit adjective · 78% connection

Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermom…

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Graduate noun · 78% connection

To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate th…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: estimating, caliber, tube, thermometer, order.
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Increment noun · 78% connection

The increase of a variable quantity or fraction from its present value to its next ascending value; the finite quantity, generally var…

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Par noun · 78% connection

Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bon…

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Pyrometer noun · 78% connection

An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer.

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Read verb · 78% connection

indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read ‘empty’"

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Reason noun · 78% connection

A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that wh…

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Reaumur adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur; conformed to the scale adopted by Reaumur in graduating the thermometer he inve…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: estimating, caliber, tube, thermometer, order.
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Record verb · 78% connection

indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read ‘empty’"

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