CALIBRATION Synonyms

• making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

• the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

• the act of adjusting something to match a standard

• the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

• an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

• an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

• the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines

• (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

• the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other

• the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

• the context and environment in which something is set

• the state of the environment in which a situation exists

• arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted

• the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

• the physical position of something

• a table service for one person

• a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place

• the relation that exists when things occur at the same time

• an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison

• coordinating by causing to indicate the same time

• (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency

• the condition in which a standard has been successfully established

• the imposition of standards or regulations

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