Calibration vs. Tuning — 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.

A melody, especially a simple and easily remembered one.

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

A song.

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

The state of being in correct pitch

Calibrations A set of such gradations

(Obsolete) A musical tone.

The act of calibrating something.

Concord or agreement; harmony

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.

(Archaic) Frame of mind; disposition.

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

(Electronics) Adjustment of a receiver or circuit for maximum response to a given signal or frequency.

(Music) To put into proper pitch

(Archaic) To utter musically; sing.

To adjust (an electronic receiver) to a desired frequency.

To adjust (an electronic circuit) so as to make it resonant with a given input signal.

To adjust (an engine, for example) for maximum usability or performance.

To adjust the wavelength output of (a laser).

To become attuned.

Action of the verb to tune.

The calibration of a musical instrument to a standard pitch.

(engineering) The adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance.

Present participle of tune

(music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency