DeCS

Descriptor English:

Calibration

Descriptor Spanish:

Calibración

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	calibración
Scope note:	Determinación, mediante medición o comparación con un patrón, del valor correcto de cada cifra de una escala en un metro u otro instrumento de medida, o determinación del calibrado de un instrumento de control que se corresponde con determinados valores de voltaje, corriente, frecuencia u otro resultado.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Calibragem

Descriptor French:

Calibrage

Entry term(s):

Calibrations

Tree number(s):

E05.978.155

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002138

Scope note:

Determination, by measurement or comparison with a standard, of the correct value of each scale reading on a meter or other measuring instrument; or determination of the settings of a control device that correspond to particular values of voltage, current, frequency or other output.

Annotation:

NIM; coordinate with specific scale (IM) if relevant

Allowable Qualifiers:

ST standards

Public MeSH Note:

91; was see under WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 1978-90

History Note:

91(78); was see under WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 1978-90

DeCS ID:

2171

Unique ID:

D002138

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1991/01/01

Date of Entry:

1977/04/27

Revision Date:

2015/06/30

ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT

Investigative Techniques [E05]

Investigative Techniques

Weights and Measures [E05.978]

Weights and Measures

Calibration [E05.978.155]

Calibration

International System of Units [E05.978.507]

International System of Units

Metric System [E05.978.539]

Metric System

Quartz Crystal Microbalance Techniques [E05.978.673]

Quartz Crystal Microbalance Techniques

Reference Standards [E05.978.808]

Reference Standards

Reference Values [E05.978.810]

Reference Values

Calibration - Preferred

Concept UI	M0003196
Scope note	Determination, by measurement or comparison with a standard, of the correct value of each scale reading on a meter or other measuring instrument; or determination of the settings of a control device that correspond to particular values of voltage, current, frequency or other output.
Preferred term	Calibration
Entry term(s)	Calibrations

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