How to Use calibration in a Sentence

calibration

noun
  • The belt worked, but the screen was slow and the calibration was off.
    — Christopher Elliott, courant.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The belt worked, but the screen was slow and the calibration was off.
    — Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2019
  • So what that ends up looking like on the calibration curve is this big spike.
    — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 2 May 2026
  • This helps with the calibration process, making sure there aren’t too many hard words in a row.
    — Saira Mueller, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
  • So, that was also fun to play with those levels of calibration.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 9 June 2025
  • Race keeps all the nannies but at their most relaxed calibration.
    — Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 21 May 2021
  • The service includes a leak check, a vent check, and flame calibration.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
  • And there's a ton of calibration required for the new hardware.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Use your favorite search engine to look for torque wrench calibration.
    — Bob Weber, Philly.com, 7 July 2018
  • The calibration runs on its own and only takes a few seconds to drive each motor.
    — PCMAG, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The calibration screen, meanwhile, will load fastest when a cellphone hot spot is in use or a router is in close range.
    — Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024
  • There’s no calibration needed, so this stud finder will always be ready to do its job.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Dozens of variables are weighed when an automaker sets the base calibration for a car’s brakes.
    — Russ Mitchell, latimes.com, 30 May 2018
  • Then there's the inevitable re-calibration that any store goes through once the doors open when receipts say what sells and what doesn't.
    — Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 11 Sep. 2017
  • This is referred to as a calibration problem.
    — Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Porsche calibration will no doubt ensure delivery that’s sweet and silky.
    — Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • And the calibration to get the laser to hit all the fixtures accurately?
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 May 2023
  • And the calibration to get the laser to hit all the fixtures accurately?
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 May 2023
  • And that produces just the kinds of abuse that the Framers’ careful calibration was meant to prevent.
    — Sherif Girgis, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019
  • As of late, the calibration pipeline has no feature for removing the spikes.
    — Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2023
  • That feedback loop can help refine model calibration over time.
    — Ethan Stone june 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
  • McIlroy brought his own launch monitors to test the in-house calibration tools.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The band continues to balance sharp smarts with a sonic hint of slacker slouch and just the right calibration on sneer.
    — John Adamian, courant.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Check the drone's calibration, GPS and set your take-off and return point.
    — Chase Brush, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The real calibration tool will take around 15 minutes, from what I was told.
    — Chris Welch, The Verge, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Far from obvious, this requires calibration of that risk and of the cost of reducing it.
    — Paul Swartz, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The calibration of the scales was confirmed and witnessed by the competitor.
    — Yara Elshebiny, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • This will ensure that all of the purse’s weight gets measured and will circumvent any calibration issues with the scale.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Then begins five months of calibration and alignment in getting the Webb telescope ready to go to work.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2022
  • In addition, each roll starts with a calibration barcode.
    — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026

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