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Calibration

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operation that, under specified conditions, in a first step, establishes a relation between the quantity values with measurement uncertainties provided by measurement standards and corresponding indications with associated measurement uncertainties and, in a second step, uses this information to establish a relation for obtaining a measurement result from an indication

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standardisationstandardization
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Calibrations
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Calibration's
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Calibrations'

Framework definitions

Notes on Measurement1 senseview framework →
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operation that, under specified conditions, in a first step, establishes a relation between the quantity values with measurement uncertainties provided by measurement standards and corresponding indications with associated measurement uncertainties and, in a second step, uses this information to establish a relation for obtaining a measurement result from an indication
Information Technology Laboratory Computer Security Resource Center Glossary1 senseview framework →
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A comparison between a device under test and an established standard, such as UTC(NIST). When the calibration is finished, it should be possible to state the estimated time offset and/or frequency offset of the device under test with respect to the standard, as well as the measurement uncertainty.
Glossary of Terms for Quality Assurance and Good Laboratory Practices1 senseview framework →
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Set of operations that establish, under specified conditions, the relationship between values indicated by a measuring instrument or measuring system, or values represented by a material measure, and the corresponding known values of a measurand.
Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
operation that, under specified conditions, in a first step, establishes a relation between the quantity values with measurement uncertainties provided by measurement standards and corresponding indications with associated measurement uncertainties and, in a second step, uses this information to establish a relation for obtaining a measurement result from an indication
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