The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule o…
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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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The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science.The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; esp., agitation of mind.
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science.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 gene…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Physical measurement.a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and tim…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Physical measurement.a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and tim…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Physical measurement.one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds"
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Physical measurement.An abbreviation of Kilogram.
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Physical measurement.Alt. of Kilogramme
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Physical measurement.A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to Gui…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Physical measurement.a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and tim…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Physical measurement.a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and tim…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Physical measurement.the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; "the thermometer needed calib…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Physical measurement.a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and tim…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Physical measurement.a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and tim…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Physical measurement.Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because i…
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The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: checking, adjusting, comparison, standard, accuracy.An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: checking, adjusting, comparison, standard, accuracy.Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: checking, adjusting, comparison, standard, accuracy.To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to br…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: checking, adjusting, comparison, standard, accuracy.The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: checking, adjusting, comparison, standard, accuracy.The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; compar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: checking, adjusting, comparison, standard, accuracy.An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: checking, adjusting, comparison, standard, accuracy.An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: checking, adjusting, comparison, standard, accuracy.of Compare
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: checking, adjusting, comparison, standard, accuracy.The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative est…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: checking, adjusting, comparison, standard, accuracy.The group used as a baseline against which another group is compared.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: checking, adjusting, comparison, standard, accuracy.A step, stair, or staircase.
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