calibration

1) The process of comparing an instrument's output signal with reality. Instruments that measure solar energy tend to "drift", that is, their output signals do not mean the same thing from one time period to another. Because of this, they are periodically (annually or semi-annually) re-calibrated against more reliable instruments.

2) Adjusting a measuring instrument to make it accurate. The set of operations which establish, under specified conditions, the relationship between values indicated by a measuring instrument or measuring system and the corresponding values of a quantity realized by a reference standard.

3) The act of adjusting the color of one device relative to another, such as a monitor to a printer, or a scanner to a film recorder. Or, it may be the process of adjusting the color of one device to some established standard.

This radio needs some calibration.

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 26, 2003

celibration

A gala impromptu "whoopin' it up" shindig dat your buddies throw for you as a congratulation for successfully resisting da "ultimate temptation" during a fun time wif a pretty gal.

Other guys can KEEP their "celibrations" --- I love "doing it" wif an attractive chick, and it feels wonderful, both during da act and afterwards. So why should I give up this devine pleasure just to be eligible for a huge rowdy congratulatory carousal afterwards?? And besides, I can still have just as fun/satisfying a hoot-'n'-holler afterwards in da "you scored with a hot chick!" context, and it would be likely attended by just as many (if not even more!) of my buddies, so I fail to see da true difference or appeal of anything else.

by QuacksO June 29, 2021

Calibrating

To get something just right.

Guy 1-Are you testing weapon?
Guy 2- I'm not testing I'm...calibrating.
Guy 1- Oh, I thought you didn't know what you were doing.
Guy 2- Well ya thought wrong...

by The Original Agahnim December 15, 2021

celebraytion

A noisy congratulatory to-do dat resembles a group of donkeys "sounding off" at once.

Brighty of da Grand Canyon is said to have sired a number of cute little ones, so I wonder if he and da other "ladies" in his group held an impromptu "celebraytion" anytime a new foal came along?

by QuacksO August 29, 2022