calibration

From calibrate +‎ -ion.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkæl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkæl.əˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌkæl.əˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌkæl.əˈbɹæɪ.ʃən/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌkɛl.əˈbɹæɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

calibration (countable and uncountable, plural calibrations)

1. (technology) The act of calibrating something.

   The thermostat needs calibration.

• calibre
• calibrate

• “calibration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “calibration”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.