calibration

calibrate | American Dictionary

calibrate
verb[ T ]
us/ˈkæl·əˌbreɪt/
to make, adjust, or check the setting (= the position) of the controls used to make measurements with a tool or measuring device:
Our radar was calibrated for 100,000 yards.

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First, images were calibrated to radiance values and then the multispectral images were co-registered to subpixel accuracy.
Spectral measurements using calibrated foils of variable thickness are consistent with theory.
The questions should be carefully calibrated to achieve a specific set of research objectives.
The length of each worm was measured using a segmented line drawn on screen and calibrated for the magnification used.
By assuming differential in mortality between the different professional categories (and calibrating this parameter), we could reproduce the current distribution of pensioners.
In addition, we presented calibrated (realistically looking) numerical results.
The initial mortality rates, which are group specific, are calibrated to match the life expectancy in the 1990s across the different occupational groups.
The wealth equivalent of nominal annuities decreased only slightly when they assumed i. i. d inflation calibrated to 1926 - 97 data.
However, with seamtracking laser welding, the end-of-arm sensor-tool-wrist frame combination itself must be calibrated and checked, preferably without changing the welding cell duty cycle.
When there is an error in calibrating or modeling, it is unknown whether the stability of the system could still be guaranteed.
Prior to beginning the experiments, both the proving ring and displacement transducer were calibrated.
In other words, the parallel robot itself is precisely calibrated.
They should be kept constant during the acquisition session or calibrated for the intensity range.
Each response was calibrated using a five-point scale.
Several other learning papers are much further along in terms of calibrating learning models to financial data.
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