Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument
Broader
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Origin
- Englishcalibre
- Englishcalibrate
- Englishcalibration
From calibrate + -ion. First attested in 1852.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic معايرة
- معايرةact of calibrating
Bulgarian калибро́вка, калибриране
- калибро́вка (kalibróvka)act of calibrating
- калибриране (kalibrirane)act of calibrating
Catalan calibratge
- calibratgeact of calibrating
Chinese Mandarin 校準 /校准, 校正
- 校準 /校准 (jiàozhǔn)act of calibrating
- 校正 (jiàozhèng)act of calibrating
Czech kalibrace
- kalibraceact of calibrating
Danish kalibrering
- kalibreringact of calibrating
Finnish kalibrointi
- kalibrointiact of calibrating
French étalonnage, étalonnement
- étalonnageact of calibrating
- étalonnementact of calibrating
- calibrageact of calibrating
German Kalibrierung, Kalibration
- Kalibrierungact of calibrating
- Kalibrationact of calibrating
Greek βαθμονόμηση, διαμέτρηση
- βαθμονόμηση (vathmonómisi)act of calibrating
- διαμέτρηση (diamétrisi)act of calibrating
- διακρίβωση (diakrívosi)act of calibrating
Indonesian kalibrasi, penaraan
- kalibrasiact of calibrating
- penaraanact of calibrating
Italian calibrazione
- calibrazioneact of calibrating
Japanese 較正, キャリブレーション
- 較正 (kōsei)act of calibrating
- キャリブレーション (kyariburēshon)act of calibrating
- 校正 (kōsei)act of calibrating
- 調整 (chousei)act of calibrating
Korean 조정
- 조정 (jojeong)act of calibrating
Norwegian Bokmål kalibrering
- kalibreringact of calibrating
Polish kalibracja
- kalibracjaact of calibrating
Portuguese calibração
- calibraçãoact of calibrating
Romanian calibrare, calibraj
- calibrareact of calibrating
- calibrajact of calibrating
Russian калибро́вка, калиброва́ние
- калибро́вка (kalibróvka)act of calibrating
- калиброва́ние (kalibrovánije)act of calibrating
Spanish calibración
- calibraciónact of calibrating
Swedish kalibrering
- kalibreringact of calibrating
Turkish kalibrasyon, kalibraj
- kalibrasyonact of calibrating
- kalibrajact of calibrating
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with calibration
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
calibration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calibration
MLA
“calibration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calibration. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calibration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calibration.
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