Calibration vs. Standardization — What's the Difference?

In measurement technology and metrology, calibration is the comparison of measurement values delivered by a device under test with those of a calibration standard of known accuracy. Such a standard could be another measurement device of known accuracy, a device generating the quantity to be measured such as a voltage, a sound tone, or a physical artifact, such as a meter ruler.

The imposition of standards or regulations;

The act or process of calibrating or the state of being calibrated.

Standardization or standardisation is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties that include firms, users, interest groups, standards organizations and governments. Standardization can help maximize compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality.

A gradation that shows a position or value, as on a measuring instrument.

To cause to conform to a standard.

Calibrations A set of such gradations

To evaluate by comparing with a standard.

The act of calibrating something.

The process of complying (or evaluate by comparing) with a standard.

The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in any graduated instrument.

The process of establishing a standard.

The act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument;

The condition in which a standard has been successfully established;

The act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument;