calibrators
Tools for tuning
Calibrators are devices or substances used to establish accuracy in measuring instruments.
A technician uses calibrators to ensure equipment reads correctly—a pH calibrator verifies a meter's readings, a voltage calibrator checks an oscilloscope.
In laboratory work, calibrators are reference samples of known concentration used to standardize test results: The lab runs calibrators before processing patient samples.
The term also applies to people who perform calibration work.
Instruments for measuring
- metersMeasuring devices
- sensorsDevices that detect input
- probesInvestigative examinations
- transducersEnergy conversion devices
analyzers · testers · verifiers · validators · adjusters · regulators · aligners · correctors
Verified measurement comparison materials
- test equipmentDevices for measuring, analyzing
- measurement devicesTools that quantify properties
- precision toolsEquipment for accurate work
- micrometersPrecision small-distance instruments
Accuracy of measurement
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- traceabilityVerifiable origin and path
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
repeatability · reproducibility · linearity · resolution · sensitivity · stability · drift · hysteresis
Devices sounding reference tones
- tuning forksPronged acoustic calibrators
- temperamentInborn behavioral nature
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- equalizersThings that balance disparities
gauges
Instruments for measuring
transducers · analyzers · testers · verifiers · validators · adjusters · regulators · aligners · correctors · balancers
reference standards
Verified measurement comparison materials
- test equipmentDevices for measuring, analyzing
- measurement devicesTools that quantify properties
- precision toolsEquipment for accurate work
precision
Accuracy of measurement
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- traceabilityVerifiable origin and path
uncertainty · repeatability · reproducibility · linearity · resolution · sensitivity · stability · drift · hysteresis · adjustment
pitch pipes
Devices sounding reference tones
- tuning forksPronged acoustic calibrators
- temperamentInborn behavioral nature
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- Immunoreagentsantibodies, antigens, monoclonal antibodies, immunoglobulins, conjugates
- automationautomation, macros, macro, automate, hotkeys
- chemical additivesadditives, plasticizers, stabilizers, antioxidants, preservatives
calibratorsdestabilizers
Agents causing instability
distorters · corruptors · contaminants · confounders · randomizers