Calibration

Calibration

1) The task of correlating the accuracy within which a piece of equipment operates, ie to a pre-determined standard. In transport, the calibration of tachograph installations (ie following installation in vehicles and repair and at six-yearly intervals) to ensure that the operation of the instrument and the recordings made conform to legal requirements; the measurement of tank capacities for road tanker vehicles; the measurement of bulk-carrying vehicle bodies.

Source: David Lowe. The Dictionary of Transport and Logistics. Kogan Page, 2002. – P.32 (288 p.)