decalibrate

verb
/diːˈkælɪbɹeɪt/UK

Etymology

From de- + calibrate.

Definitions

  1. To lose calibration and therefore not be accurate.

    • Aneroid and electronic instruments, decalibrate easily and frequently and require routine accuracy checks.
  2. To perform some action to remove the calibration of an instrument.

    • it is important to not go over the pipetteman volume limit because that will decalibrate the machine.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for decalibrate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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