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Name :   Carol Julian
Organization :   KSU
Post Date :   9/13/2005

Glossary Comments
Glossary Term :  Calibration
Definition :  
Comment :  Current:

Set of operations that establish, under specified conditions, the relationship between values indicated by a measuring instrument or measuring system, or values represented by a material measure, and the corresponding known values of a quantity intended to be measured.  

Association: testing
Source: NIST HB 150

Change:

Set of operations that establish, under specified conditions, the relationship between values of quantities indicated by a measuring instrument or measuring system, or values represented by a material measure or a reference material, and the corresponding values realized by standards.

Nature of change:  

Addtional language per Source: NIST HB 150