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calibration

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as in measurement

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Recent Examples of calibration This continuous calibration keeps early evaluation aligned with reality. — Adam Feiner, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 For some participants, the amount of calibration required fell from about 10 minutes each day to 10 minutes per week. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026 Samsung Health Monitor offers calibration-dependent wearable tracking that still relies on cuff calibration and regional availability. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Samsung Health Monitor offers wearable tracking that still depends on cuff calibration and regional availability. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for calibration

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measurement

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Other experiments will process LiDAR data, which uses laser measurements to map surrounding terrain.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Still, many challenging open questions must be answered before the Many Worlds interpretation can be accepted as our best explanation for the measurement problem.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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