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calibration

[kal-uh-bray-shuhn] / ˌkæl əˈbreɪ ʃən /






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Artist Damien Hirst created a spot painting to serve as a calibration target for the lander's onboard camera.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The improved calibration could also help researchers verify other dating techniques, including carbon-14 dating of organic materials and uranium-lead dating of rocks that formed billions of years ago early in Earth's history.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Another was a servicer of industrial calibration equipment in Louisiana.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“The process, the calibration, the persistent engineering, the kinematic simulation, the temperature, all that scheduling is kind of the same at this level of product,” Nicolson said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

I pull out the calibration tool and jimmy it under the lower edge of the cover.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera


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