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title: "Calibration"
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# Calibration

22 results.

- [UUC, UUT](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/uuc-uut/): The unit under calibration or the unit under test – the instrument being calibrated.
- [Transfer measurement](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/transfer-measurement/): A transfer measurement is a type of method that enables making a measurement to a higher level of resolution than normally possible with the available…
- [Test accuracy ratio (TAR)](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/test-accuracy-ratio-tar/): In a calibration procedure, the test accuracy ratio (TAR) is the ratio of the accuracy tolerance of the unit under calibration to the accuracy tolerance of the…
- [Standard (measurement)](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/standard-measurement/): A standard (measurement standard, laboratory standard, calibration standard, reference standard; an étalon) is a system, instrument, artifact, device, or…
- [Self-calibration](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/self-calibration/): Self-calibration is a process performed by a user for the purpose of making an IM&TE instrument or system ready for use.
- [Performance Test](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/performance-test/): A performance test (or performance verification) is the activity of verifying the performance of an item of measuring and test equipment to provide assurance…
- [On-site operations](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/on-site-operations/): Operations that are based in or directly supported by an established calibration laboratory facility, but actually perform the calibration actions at customer…
- [Mobile operations](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/mobile-operations/): Operations that are independent of an established calibration laboratory facility. Mobile operations may include work from an office space, home, vehicle, or…
- [Measurement](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/measurement/): A set of operations performed for the purpose of determining the value of a quantity
- [Interlaboratory comparison](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/interlaboratory-comparison/): Organization, performance, and evaluation of tests or calibrations on the same or similar items or materials by two or more laboratories in accordance with…
- [IM&TE](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/imte/): The acronym IM&TE refers to inspection, measuring, and test equipment.
- [Error (of measurement)](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/error-of-measurement/): In metrology, error (or measurement error) is an estimate of the difference between the measured value and the probable true value of the object of the…
- [Departure value](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/departure-value/): A term used by a few calibration laboratories to refer to bias, error or systematic error.
- [Correction (of error)](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/correction-of-error/): A correction is the value that is added to the raw result of a measurement to compensate for known or estimated systematic error or bias.
- [Calibration standard](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/calibration-standard/): A calibration standard is an IM&TE item, artifact, standard reference material, or measurement transfer standard that is designated as being used only to…
- [Calibration seal](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/calibration-seal-2/): A calibration seal is a device, placard, or label that, when removed or tampered with, and by virtue of its design and material, clearly indicates tampering.
- [Calibration report](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/calibration-report/): A calibration report is a document that provides details of the calibration of an item.
- [Calibration program](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/calibration-program/): A calibration program is a process of the quality management system that includes management of the use and control of calibrated inspection, and test and…
- [Calibration procedure](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/calibration-procedure/): A calibration procedure is a controlled document that provides a validated method for evaluating and verifying the essential performance characteristics…
- [Calibration certificate](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/calibration-certificate/): A calibration certificate is generally a document that states that a specific item was calibrated by an organization.
- [Calibration activity or provider](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/calibration-activity-or-provider/): A laboratory or facility – including personnel – that perform calibrations in an established location or at customer location(s).
- [Calibration](https://www.beamex.com/dictionary/calibration/): It is the process of verifying the capability and performance of an item of measuring and test equipment by comparison to traceable measurement standards.