calibration

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Recent Examples of calibration Nowadays, machinery like edge polishers make calibration, grinding, shaping and beveling possible with great ease and high-pressure waterjet cutting and polishing systems used for complex contours and sensitive materials. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026 While this trend signals mounting pressure across financing conditions, analysts note that a modest retrenchment in market risk exposure represents a healthy calibration, serving as a buffer to mitigate concentrated risk spillovers. — CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 For example, muscle signals have been strong and consistent, says Glass, and calibration between intent and gesture may last months, compared to the daily recalibration required with some surface EMG. — Greg Uyeno, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2026 Three in college, and four later, gambling with the delicate calibration that exists between a meager bone density—after four years of iron deficiency, amenorrhea, and a propensity for fracturing—and a need for running like breathing, like air. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for calibration
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calibration
measurement
Noun
  • The researchers also demonstrated that the chip could measure information contained in phase relationships that intensity-only measurements would miss.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The bezels that separate the display from the metal frame are thinner, but Apple hasn't provided exact measurements to say by how much.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026

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“Calibration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibration. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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