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• n  the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument
  the thermometer needed calibration

• Coke has always measured its sales potential using the metric of bottles consumed per capita by country, and by that calibration, China and India remain untapped gushers.
• That was the only "hope" he mentioned a fascinating calibration.
• The procedure (called "multi-channel acoustic calibration") only takes three minutes, and it's kind of entertaining.

• standardization
• standardisation

News & Articles

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• Fluke Calibration 3130 Portable Pneumatic Pressure Calibrator delivers best-in-class 300 psi field calibrations
  EVERETT, Wash., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fluke Calibration, a leader in precision calibration instrumentation and software, introduces the 3130 Portable Pneumatic Pressure Calibrator , a complete ...
  June 13, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Conexant Systems, Inc. Launches New 4-Channel USB Voice Capture IC
  IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Industry’s First Four-Channel USB Microphone ADC Preamplifier with Gain Calibration and Sync Control
  June 12, 2013 - Business Wire
• Fluke Calibration 2700G Series Reference Pressure Gauges Provide A Highly Accurate, Versatile Pressure Measurement ...
  FlukeCalibration, a leader in precision calibration instrumentation and software, introduces the2700G Series Reference Pressure Gauges
  June 7, 2013 - MetrologyWorld.com

Quotes

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• Mario Draghi in San Francisco Chronicle
  It will be important that leaders support calibration of the new capital, liquidity and leverage standards to a level and quality that enable banks to withstand stresses of the magnitude experienced in this crisis, without public support,...
• Ben Bernanke in BusinessWeek
  You have a very full agenda for the next two days,Bernanke warned. "The topics represent a good mix of theoretical work as well as empirical work based on both calibration and econometric estimation."
• Kamal Nath in Bloomberg
  There is an increase in international prices. This has to be met with import duty calibration, which we are considering,Trade Minister Kamal Nath told reporters in New Delhi today.